What's the difference between nock and trysail?

Nock


Definition:

  • (n.) A notch.
  • (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
  • (v. t.) To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Similarly, Nocks' embryological development theory is discussed herein.
  • (2) Further back still, it was the mission statement pronounced in the very title of Alfred Nock’s 1938 anti-New Deal manifesto, Our Enemy The State .
  • (3) Ian Nock, who runs a consultancy, said his supplier had installed a smart meter despite it being located in his basement where it was unable to get a signal.

Trysail


Definition:

  • (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer.

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