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trysail

[ trahy-seyl; Nautical trahy-suhl ]

noun

Nautical.
  1. 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.


trysail

/ ˈtraɪˌseɪl; ˈtraɪsəl /

noun

  1. a small fore-and-aft sail, triangular or square, set on the mainmast of a sailing vessel in foul weather to help keep her head to the wind Also calledstorm trysail
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of trysail1

First recorded in 1760–70; try + sail
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Brigantine Corsair heave to hulk trysail lugsail smartly.

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In a statement on the Storm Trysail Club’s website , Leonard Sitar and John Fisher said the annual sailing race became unsustainable because of declining participation and dependence on sponsorship.

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After the 2015 regatta, the Storm Trysail Club took over from Premiere Racing.

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Owen had cared about how a boat sailed more than about how she looked—that's why the Frog had six sails, even a spinnaker and a tough little storm trysail— and nowhere on the boat was there a cute little decal with one of those quippy sayings like, “The captain’s word is law,†or “Marriages performed on this boat good for duration of the voyage only.â€

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He was, however, for a few months occupying the beautiful mansion of Commodore Trysail, at the special request of the latter, who was about to leave for the south, where he and his lady expected to remain some time.

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