Definition of Trisail
Try"sail (?), n. (Naut.) 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.
Totten.
Try"sail (?), n. (Naut.) 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.
Totten.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
English
- (nautical) A small, strong 3-sided sail sometimes set in place of the mainsail in heavy weather.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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