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aftersail

aftersail is the alternative form of after-sail.

Meaning of after-sail

Noun

after-sail (plural after-sails)

  1. One of the sails towards the aft, i.e. on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.
    • On this final leg home, these experiments were taken a step further by putting an extra-large sail on the after mast, increasing sail area and changing the balance of the rig in that the after sail was then larger than the forward sail.1994, Ben Finney, Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia

Forms of aftersail

pluralaftersails

Questions about aftersail

What is aftersail the alternative form of?
Aftersail is the alternative form of after-sail.

Words near aftersail in the dictionary

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  3. afterreckoning
  4. afterreckonings
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  8. aftersale
  9. aftersales
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