Trysail

[traiseil]

Definition

(n.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer.

Edited by Dwight

Definition

n. a reduced sail used by small craft instead of their mainsail in a storm: a small fore-and-aft sail set with a boom and gaff.

Checked by Edwin