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Fore-And-Aft Topsail

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a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast

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Variants

synonym
gaff topsail
plural
Fore-And-Aft Topsails
possessive
Fore-And-Aft Topsail's
pluralpossessive
Fore-And-Aft Topsails'

Framework definitions

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a triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast

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