topsail

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɒp.seɪl/|/ˈtɒp.səl/    美 /ˈtɑp.seɪl/|/ˈtɑp.səl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. In a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast.

词形变化

topsails plural

词汇关系

衍生词
club topsail foretopsail gaff-topsail Gaff Topsail

词源

From Middle English topsail, topsayl, topseyle, topsaill, equivalent to top + sail.
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