topsail : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: topsail	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for topsail
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
topsail n a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Topsail \Top"sail`\, n. (Naut.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See {Cutter}, {Schooner}, {Sail}, and {Ship}. {Topsail schooner}. (Naut.) See {Schooner}, and Illustration in Appendix.