noun
(1) A sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
Noun
- A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.
- In a fore-and-aft -rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast.