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SPRIT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun ˈsprit : a spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally. Word History Etymology Middle English spret, sprit, from Old English sprēot pole, spear.
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SPRIT Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Sprit definition: a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, ...
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sprit
▪ I. sprit, n.1 (sprɪt) Forms: α. 1, 4 spreot, 4–5 sprete, 7–9 spreet. β. 4, 7 spret, 5–7 sprett(e. γ. 5–6 spryt, sprytt, sprite (7 spright), 5, 7–8 spritt, 6– sprit. [OE. spréot, = MDu. (Du. and WFris.) spriet, MLG. spryet, spriet, (hence G. spriet) and spreet, NFris. sprit, spret, ultimately relat...
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SPRIT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
a pole that is attached at an angle to a boat's mast (= main pole) and holds the highest point of a sail: The sprit is fastened ...
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SPRIT definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
a pole or spar extended diagonally upward from a mast to the topmost corner of a fore-and-aft sail, serving to extend the sail.
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Sprit topmast
Unlike other topmasts, the sprit topmast, because of its odd angle, lacked a sheave. Above the platform ran a horizontal yard, the sprit topsail yard, from which a square square-rigged sail called the sprit topsail (the only sail on this
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Sprit - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally.
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Spritsail - Wikipedia
The spritsail is a four-sided, fore-and-aft sail that is supported at its highest points by the mast and a diagonally running spar known as the sprit.
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SPRIT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
SPRIT definition: 1. a pole that is attached at an angle to a boat's mast (= main pole) and holds the highest point of a sail: 2. a pole that is attached at ...
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sprit, adj. meanings, etymology and more
This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1910s. See meaning & use. Where does the adjective sprit come from? Earliest known use. late ...
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sprit-sail
spritsail, sprit-sail Naut. (ˈsprɪtseɪl, ˈsprɪts(ə)l) Forms: (see sprit n.1 and sail n.1); also 7 sprissel, sprisle. [f. sprit n.1 Cf. Du. sprietzeil, WFris. -seil, NFris. spritseil, spretsaiel, Da. spritsejl, Sw. -segel, G. sprietsegel.] 1. A sail extended by a sprit; formerly also a sail attached ...
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Snotter
A snotter is a rope or tackle used in sailing to tension the sprit on a spritsail, or a sprit boom on a sprit-boomed sail by pulling the lower end towards Sprit Booms
The most common sprit-boom is found on a sprit-boomed leg-of-mutton sail.
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Spritsail (square-rigged)
Until the mid-18th century, most ships also flew a sprit-topsail from the short sprit topmast that rose vertically above the fore end of the bowsprit.
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