skysail

noun

A small square sail above the royal in a square-rigged vessel.

noun

A light sail in a square-rigged vessel, next above the royal. It is sometimes called a skyscraper when it is triangular, also a sky-gazer. See cut under ship.

noun

The sail set next above the royal. See Illust. under sail.

noun

The sail set next above the royal.

noun

the sail above the royal on a square-rigger