Meaning Of The Word Topsail

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topsail in American English
in a square-rigged vessel, the square sail, or either of a pair of square sails, next above the lowest sail on a mast
noun: a sail, or either of a pair of sails, set immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast

topsail in British English
noun: a square sail carried on a yard set on a topmast

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