Topsail

['tɒpseɪl;-s(ə)l] or ['tɑpsel]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast.

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解釋/意思:

(n.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.

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