Sprit
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /spɹɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sprit is a noun meaning (nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
Meaning
(nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
More Meanings
- A shoot; a sprout.
- To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
- To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
Example Sentences
the Maltſter will ſtir his Barley Couches till the Sprit begins to fork , five or ſix times a day or more ; it being always his Care to keep them from drying too much on the outſides
... and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits.
Word Forms
- sprits
- spritting
- spritted
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