after-sail

English

Etymology

From after- +‎ sail

Noun

after-sail (plural after-sails)

  1. (nautical) One of the sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for after-sail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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