after-sail

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the sails towards the aft, i.e. on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.
    — On this final leg home, these experiments were taken a step further by putting an extra-large sail on the after mast, increasing sail area and changing the balance of the rig in that the after sail was then larger than the forward sail.

词形变化

after-sails plural after sail alternative aftersail alternative

词源

From after + sail.
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