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Noun: fore-and-aft topsail
  1. A triangular fore-and-aft sail with its foot along the gaff and its luff on the topmast
    "The schooner raised its fore-and-aft topsail to catch more wind";
    - gaff topsail

Derived forms: fore-and-aft topsails

Type of: fore-and-aft sail