spritsail

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spritsail

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From sprit + sail.

noun spritsails · sprit-sail

A form of three- or four-sided fore-and-aft sail and its rig, supporting the leech of the sail by means of a sprit. Finding it was like to overblow, we took in our Sprit-ſail, and ſtood by to hand the Fore-ſail; but making foul Weather, we look'd the Guns were all faſt, and handed the Miſſen.

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noun type of sail

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@misc{spritsail_2026,
  title = {spritsail},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spritsail},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}