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sprit
Nautical a light spar pivoted at the mast and crossing a fore-and-aft quadrilateral sail diagonally to the peak


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Likewise they stretched my boom and sprit until the sail set like a board.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
Then I removed the sprit, tightly hauling down the peak of the sail, and we raced along under what sailors call a leg-of-mutton.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
I waited to give Charley all the time I could, and I pretended dissatisfaction with the stretch of the sail and slightly shifted the small tackle by which the huge sprit forces up the peak.
Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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