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–noun Nautical.
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME spret, OE sprēot; c. D, G Spriet; akin to sprout
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sprit   (sprĭt)   
n.   Nautical

  1. A pole that extends diagonally across a fore-and-aft sail from the lower part of the mast to the peak of the sail.

  2. A bowsprit.


[Middle English, from Old English sprēot, pole; see sper- in Indo-European roots.]
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sprit 
O.E. spreot "pole," originally "a sprout, shoot, branch," from root of sprout. Cognate with M.Du. spriet, M.L.G. spryet, Ger. spriet, N.Fris. sprit.
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