After-sail
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: After-sail is a noun meaning (nautical) One of the sails towards the aft, i.e. on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.
Meaning
(nautical) One of the sails towards the aft, i.e. on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- after-sails
- aftersail
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mizzensail, mizzen, mizzen-mast, mizzenmast, mizenmast, middlemast.
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