trysail 的定义
Nautical.
- a triangular or quadrilateral sail having its luff hooped or otherwise bent to a mast, used for lying to or keeping a vessel headed into the wind; spencer.
更多trysail例句
- Her three topmasts were housed, and she was hove-to under the lee clew of her close-reefed topsail and a small storm-trysail.
- A snow was a small vessel like a brig except for having a supplementary third, or trysail, mast.
- He now gave the word to set the trysail; and the mainsail being stowed, it was hoisted in its stead.
- Ten minutes' work and it was securely fastened and its cover on; two reefs were put in the trysail.
- In proof of that we could see back behind us where the Nannie O, under her trysail, was almost holding her own.