spritsail (Crossword)
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- Clue: Fore-and-aft sail
Answer: spritsail
Definitions of “spritsail”
If the answer you seek is not in the answers above these definitions may help solving your crossword puzzle.• Square sail set on a yard on the bowsprit
• A fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit
• A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard
• The spritsail is a form of three or four-sided, fore-aft sail and its rig
• A spritsail or sprit sail is a type of sail which is extended by a sprit or pole
• (square-rigged) On large sailing ships a spritsail is a square-rigged sail carried on a yard below the bowsprit
• A four-sided fore and aft sail set on the mast, and supported by a spar from the mast diagonally to the peak of the sail
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