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Meaning of "topsail"
Topsail (noun) - The uppermost sail on a mast of a ship, used to increase speed and maneuverability
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- A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.
- In a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast.
- A neighbourhood of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
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The topsail a fore and aft sail.
At sea they could be recognised by an undersized topsail.
Putting just the topsail in sensing mode.
Here you can see the topsail.
The main topsail sheet was suddenly upon me.
Come up the larboard topsail sheets.
Topsail is one of the best of them.
The main course and topsail could be reefed.
Let us see you lower the main topsail.
Go main topsail leech lines.
Hoist all but the topsail.
Belle of Topsail offers a more relaxing cruise.
Rana is rigged with a square sail and topsail.
It would maybe work for a topsail but not a mainsail.
You scramble up to the yard and unfurl the topsail.
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Set the topsail.
A man that can ride out a southwester and clew up a topsail.
She was originally topsail rigged.
The rigging consisted of a single mast with a square mainsail and a topsail.
Over the topsail.
I have set the topgallant and the main lower topsail.
Hang the topsail.
We lost two brand new topgallant sails and one lower fore topsail.
Check the topsail.
The main mast on many pinnaces would have been large enough to carry a small topsail.
Ease your topsail.
Iron topsail An auxiliary motor on a schooner.
All hands to reef topsail.
The use of the topsail in Thames sailing barges is significantly different.
Loose the mail topsail.
The Mexicana began rigged as a topsail schooner but was changed during the voyage to a brig.
Standby to hang the topsail.
Topsail Island is a popular beach vacation spot along the North Carolina coast.
Make ready the topsail.
The Topsail inlet.
Loose the mizzen topsail.
Lower the topsail and the topgallant sail!
And reefs the topsail.
Kewanee was topsail schooner-rigged for auxiliary sail power.
During one of the squalls our fore topsail was.
It prompted evacuations and lockdowns at Topsail High School in the unincorporated town of Hampstead.
Only Francesca she did not sink off Topsail Cay.
She was a two-masted topsail schooner with a single deck.
This is a little hidden gem at Topsail Island.
She was topsail schooner-rigged for auxiliary sail power.
Take in the topsail.
A topsail is frequently employed, which is raised on a yard rather than a topmast.
Take to the topsail.
The captain had the main topsail furled at about seven o'clock in the evening.
It is the southernmost town on Topsail Island.
