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    FORE-AND-AFT TOPSAIL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmastplay

    Synonyms:

    fore-and-aft topsail; gaff topsail

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("fore-and-aft topsail" is a kind of...):

    fore-and-aft sail (any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction)

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