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TRYSAIL
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try⋅sail
/
ˈtraɪˌseɪl
;
Naut.
ˈtraɪ
səl
/
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[
trahy
-seyl
;
Naut.
trahy
-s
uh
l
]
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–noun
Nautical
.
a triangular or quadrilateral sail having its luff hooped or otherwise bent to a mast, used for lying to or keeping a vessel headed into the wind; spencer.
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Origin:
1760–70;
try
+
sail
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try·sail
(trī'səl, -sāl')
n. A small fore-and-aft sail hoisted abaft the foremast and mainmast in a storm to keep a ship's bow to the wind.
[From obsolete
try
,
a lying to, heaving to
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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