0 a pole that is attached at an angle to a boat's mast (= main pole) and holds the highest point of a sail:
The sail is spread by a sprit from peak to tack where it is held to the mast.
What are the names of the sails that are attached to the fore mast and the bow sprit?
The ship is 106ft m long by 25ft m wide, 236 tons displacement, 4 masts (mainmast, foremast, mizzen, sprit), and 6 sails.
Its sprit and foresail rig has 40sqft m2 of sail area.
The tack parrel will hold the tack into its horizontal position (parallel to the deck) as a snotter tensions a sprit.
The first boats had sprit rigs, but this soon gave way to gaff rigs.
They are not only ' ' sprit-forsaken,' ' but ' ' corrupt,' ' a stronger and more powerful word than ' ' soldiery.
