Skysail


noun, Nautical.
1.
(in a square-rigged vessel) a light square sail next above the royal.
2.
a triangular sail set on a stay between the fore and main trucks of a racing schooner.
noun (nautical)
1.
a square sail set above the royal on a square-rigger
2.
a triangular sail set between the trucks of a racing schooner

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