after-sail

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Etymology

From after +‎ sail.

Noun

after-sail (plural after-sails)

  1. (nautical) One of the sails towards the aft, i.e. on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.
    • 1994, Ben Finney, Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia:
      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.

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