Definition of Spritsail. Meaning of Spritsail. Synonyms of Spritsail

- The spritsail is a four-sided, fore-and-aft sail that is supported at its highest points by the mast and a diagonally running spar known as the sprit...
- A Woods Hole spritsail boat is a small sailing and rowing craft, constructed entirely of wood, and fastened with iron or copper. It was used historically...
- 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...
- sailing ships a spritsail is a square-rigged sail carried on a yard below the bowsprit. One of the earliest depictions of a spritsail is carved on Borobudur...
- Gunter-rigged sloop Gaff-rigged sloop with a headsail and a gaff topsail Spritsail sloop Sloop sail with multiple foresails and topsail Mast aft rig, a single...
- snotter is a rope or tackle used in sailing to tension the sprit on a spritsail, or a sprit boom on a sprit-boomed sail by pulling the lower end towards...
- sails and such fore-and-aft quadrilateral sails as lug rigs, junk and spritsails and such triangular sails as the lateen, and the crab claw have their...
- identifying device". The Jack was flown in the bows or from the head of the spritsail mast to indicate the vessel's nationality: "You are alsoe for this present...
- (square rig) Moonraker* Ringtail* Royal Skysail* Spanker Spritsail (square-rigged)† Spritsail* (Optimist) Studding* Tanja sail Topgallant Topsail Watersail*...
- (square rig) Moonraker* Ringtail* Royal Skysail* Spanker Spritsail (square-rigged)† Spritsail* (Optimist) Studding* Tanja sail Topgallant Topsail Watersail*...