topsail
Kelime Anlamı :

1. gabya.
2. gabya yelken.
3. üst yelken.
4. (isim) gabya yelkeni.
5. gabya yelkeni.
Tanımlar :
1. A square sail set above the lowest sail on the mast of a square-rigged ship.
2. A triangular or square sail set above the gaff of a lower sail on a fore-and-aft-rigged ship.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. 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.
2. in a fore-and-aft -rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. same as topsails over (which see, under topsail, n.).
2. nautical, a square sail next above the lowest or chief sail of a mast. it is carried on a topsail-yard.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.