topsail
see also: Topsail
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈtɑp.seɪl/, /ˈtɑp.səl/
  • (British) IPA: /ˈtɒp.seɪl/, /ˈtɒp.səl/
Noun

topsail (plural topsails)

  1. (nautical) A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.
  2. (nautical) In a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast.
Translations
Topsail
Proper noun
  1. A neighbourhood in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador.



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