Definition of Spritsails. Meaning of Spritsails. Synonyms of Spritsails

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Definition of Spritsails

Spritsail
Spritsail Sprit"sail (? or ?), n. (Naut.) (a) A sail extended by a sprit. (b) A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.

Meaning of Spritsails from wikipedia

- can also be used to describe a rig that uses a spritsail. Historically, spritsails were the first European fore-and-aft rigs, appearing in Greco-Roman navigation...
- (eine) Blinde) because it effectively blocks forward vision when set. Spritsails were commonly used on sailing vessels from the first carracks until about...
- spritsail boat fleet in into two subclasses: racing spritsails (class A) and working spritsails (class B). The plan included rules for maintaining the...
- into a pocket in the sail. There are boomed spritsails, loose-footed spritsails and boomless spritsails. The most common sprit-boom is found on a sprit-boomed...
- square-rigged ships a spritsail is flown below the bowsprit; these are sometimes accompanied by a sprit topmast, which serves to ****ist the spritsail while tacking...
- though it is not restricted to Oceania, is neither a lateen sail nor a spritsail, and has an independent older origin. Crab-claw sails were invented by...
- boats was usually two masted. In 1761, the larger Deal-built cutters had spritsails set on these masts, soon transitioning to a dipping lug fore-sail and...
- Crab claw Fore-and-aft Lateen Settee Tanja Triangular sail Junk Mast-aft Spritsail Square Armaments Ballista Catapult Corvus Dolphin Fire ship Harpax Ram...
- Crab claw Fore-and-aft Lateen Settee Tanja Triangular sail Junk Mast-aft Spritsail Square Armaments Ballista Catapult Corvus Dolphin Fire ship Harpax Ram...
- Crab claw Fore-and-aft Lateen Settee Tanja Triangular sail Junk Mast-aft Spritsail Square Armaments Ballista Catapult Corvus Dolphin Fire ship Harpax Ram...