Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

after-sail

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: af-ter--sail
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the sails towards the aft, i.e. on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From after + sail.

Inflected Forms

after-sails (plural) after sail (alternative) aftersail (alternative)

Questions

What does after-sail mean?: One of the sails towards the aft, i.e. on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.
Where does after-sail come from?: From after + sail.

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