Circular framed racks in which the topsail-halliards are coiled clear for running, and are prevented from fouling by being sent adrift in a gale.
·noun ·see <<Halyard>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the ...
Conical tubs about 18 inches in height, which have a sunken head perforated with holes, to admit the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun ·see <<Sail>>. ...
·noun A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast. ...
A light triangular or quadrilateral sail, the head being extended on a small gaff which hoists on th...
A light sail set on the topmost stay of a fore-and-aft rigged vessel. ...
A deep-roached sail, set in some schooners and sloops on the heel of their top-masts between the top...
Is full schooner-rigged, but carries a square-topsail on the fore-mast; the fore-sail not bent, but ...
The order used instead of main-sail haul, when the main-sail is not set. ...
Sloops which carry standing yards. ...
Standing bitt-heads through which the topsail-sheets lead, and to which they are belayed. ...
See topsail-schooner. ...