Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small sail occasionally set under a lower studdingsail.
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For want of branches, a kind of water-sail is sometimes made of canvas.
The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton 1866
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