Definition of trysail Trysail

try•sail

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What does trysail mean?

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  • trysail (Noun)
    A small, strong 3-sided sail sometimes set in place of the mainsail in heavy weather .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • trysail (n.)
    A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • trysail
    trī′sāl, or trī′sl, n. a reduced sail used by small craft, instead of their mainsail, in a storm: a small fore-and-aft sail set with a boom and gaff

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

  • trysail
    A reduced sail used by small craft in lieu of their main-sail during a storm. Also, a fore-and-aft sail, set with a boom and gaff, in ships, synonymous with the spencers of brigs and schooners, and the spanker or driver of ships. (See STORM-TRYSAIL.)

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