topsail

topsail is a 7-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. noun. In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.
2. noun. a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in topsail:

apostil, polista

Common word forms

topsails

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