topsail-schooner | The Sailor's Word-Book

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two-topsail-schooner
See topsail-schooner. ...

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Schooner
·noun A large goblet or drinking glass, — used for lager beer or ale. II. Schooner ·noun Originally...

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schooner
Both Webster and Todd derive this word from the German schoner, which means the same; but on examini...

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schooner
Strictly, a small craft with two masts and no tops, but the name is also applied to fore-and-aft ves...

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Topsail
·noun In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the ...

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brig-schooner
(See hermaphrodite and brigantine, by which, term she is at present classed in law.) Square-rigged o...

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Fore-topsail
·noun ·see <<Sail>>. ...

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Gaff-topsail
·noun A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast. ...

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gaff-topsail
A light triangular or quadrilateral sail, the head being extended on a small gaff which hoists on th...

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jib-topsail
A light sail set on the topmost stay of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...

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middle-topsail
A deep-roached sail, set in some schooners and sloops on the heel of their top-masts between the top...

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main-topsail haul!
The order used instead of main-sail haul, when the main-sail is not set. ...

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square-topsail sloop
Sloops which carry standing yards. ...

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topsail-sheet bitts
Standing bitt-heads through which the topsail-sheets lead, and to which they are belayed. ...

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tubs, topsail-halliard
Circular framed racks in which the topsail-halliards are coiled clear for running, and are prevented...

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