FORE-AND-AFT TOPSAIL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast

Synonyms:

fore-and-aft topsail; gaff topsail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("fore-and-aft topsail" 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)

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