Usually means: Small storm sail for stability.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. trysail: Merriam-Webster
  2. trysail: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. trysail: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. trysail: Collins English Dictionary
  5. trysail: Wordnik
  6. trysail: Wiktionary
  7. trysail: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. trysail: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. trysail: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. trysail: Dictionary.com
  11. TrySail, Trysail: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Trysail: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. trysail: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Trysail: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. trysail: FreeDictionary.org
  16. trysail: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. trysail: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. trysail: Encyclopedia

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  2. Trysail: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (trysail)

▸ noun:  (nautical) A small, strong triangular sail sometimes set in place of the mainsail in heavy weather.

Similar:
trisail, sail, sprit-sail, lightsail, stunsail, sailer, fantail, ringsail, ringtail, drag sail, more...

Phrases:
storm trysail, trysail mast, more...

Adjectives:
main, reefed, small, whispered, tiny, cornered

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Similar:
trisail, sail, sprit-sail, lightsail, stunsail, sailer, fantail, ringsail, ringtail, drag sail, more...

Phrases:
storm trysail, trysail mast, more...

Adjectives:
main, reefed, small, whispered, tiny, cornered



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