TOPSAIL - Definition

Pronunciation:		'tâp`seyl
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Top"sail`\, n. (Naut.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See {Cutter}, {Schooner}, {Sail}, and {Ship}. {Topsail schooner}. (Naut.) See {Schooner}, and Illustration in Appendix.