skysail

skysail · noun — on historical square-rigged ships, the sail above the royal. Normally it is the uppermost sail, but in some cases it is below the moonraker.

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Etymology

From sky + sail.

noun

On historical square-rigged ships, the sail above the royal. Normally it is the uppermost sail, but in some cases it is below the moonraker.

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

moonsail 70% match — A moonraker (sail). vs skysail →
ringsail 61% match — A light sail set abaft and beyond the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail. vs skysail →
sails 60% match — The sailmaker on board ship. vs skysail →
topgallant 60% match — Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast. vs skysail →
staysail 59% match — A fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast. vs skysail →
foresail 59% match — The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast vs skysail →
sailroom 59% match — A room on a ship for the storage of sails. vs skysail →
sailyard 59% match — A yard (spar or shaft) to which the sails of a ship are bent (tied or fastened to). vs skysail →