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Meaning of 'trysail' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Trysail [ n.]
- A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer.

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