Alternative forms

• after sail
• aftersail

Etymology

From after +‎ sailCategory:English compound terms#AFTERSAIL.

Noun

after-sail (plural after-sails)Category:English lemmas#AFTERSAILCategory:English nouns#AFTERSAILCategory:English countable nouns#AFTERSAILCategory:English multiword terms#AFTERSAILCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AFTERSAILCategory:Pages with entries#AFTER-SAILCategory:Pages with 1 entry#AFTER-SAIL

1. (nauticalCategory:en:Nautical#AFTERSAIL) One of the sails towards the aft, i.e. on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.
   • 1994, Ben Finney, Voyage of Rediscovery: A Cultural Odyssey Through Polynesia:

     On this final leg home, these experiments were taken a step further by putting an extra-large sail on the after mast, increasing sail area and changing the balance of the rig in that the after sail was then larger than the forward sail.

     Category:English terms with quotations#AFTERSAIL

References

• “after-sails”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.