topsails in English
noun
1
a sail set on a ship's topmast.
The engines were steaming full speed astern, and by hoisting the topsail , the ship shot past it in safety.
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1. Set your fore staysail and your fore and main topsails.
2. 30, A burst of cloudy topsails Go blowing swiftly by, With the stars Aswirl behind them Like bright dust down the sky.
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