after-sail

== English == === Alternative forms === after sail aftersail === Etymology === From after +‎ sail. === Noun === after-sail (plural after-sails) (nautical) One of the sails towards the aft, i.e. on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast. ==== Translations ==== === References === “after-sails”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.