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n. A small fore-and-aft sail hoisted abaft the foremast and mainmast in a storm to keep a ship's bow to the wind.

n. A small, strong 3-sided sail sometimes set in place of the mainsail in heavy weather.

n. A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer.

n. A fore-and-aft sail set with a gaff and sometimes with a boom on the foremast and mainmast of ships, or on a small mast called a trysail-mast. See mast.

"The boat does not have a storm trysail, which is a small sail used in high winds to maintain control and keep the bow to the wind."

main trysail   

spencer   

topsail    spanker    tops'l    staysail    spinnaker    ign    jigger    fore-topsail    mainsail    planchette