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Crossjack

noun
1.
The lowermost sail on a mizzenmast.  Synonym: mizzen course.





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"Crossjack" Quotes from Famous Books



... mate now thinks he can get more work from his canvas. His voice rings out: 'Weather crossjack brace!' which means hauling the lowest and aftermost square sail more to windward. 'Weather crossjack brace!' sings out the timekeeper, whose duty it is to rouse the watch as well as strike the bells that mark the hours and halves. The watch tramp off and lay on to the ...
— All Afloat - A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways • William Wood
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... dead calm; but all the same, we furled the three royals, and then the three t'gallants. After that, we hauled up the main and foresail, and stowed them. The crossjack, of course, had been furled some time, with the wind ...
— The Ghost Pirates • William Hope Hodgson
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