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SPRITSAIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("spritsail" is a kind of...):
fore-and-aft sail (any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction)
Meronyms (parts of "spritsail"):
sprit (a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally)
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