SPRIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sprit mean? 

• SPRIT (noun)
  The noun SPRIT has 1 sense:

1. a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally

  Familiarity information: SPRIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPRIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sprit" is a kind of...):

spar (a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging)

Holonyms ("sprit" is a part of...):

spritsail (a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit)

 Context examples 

I had looked upon it as a simple task, what of the oars, mast, boom, and sprit, to say nothing of plenty of lines.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Furling the sail and lashing it securely about the mast, boom, sprit, and two pairs of spare oars, I threw it overboard.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Then I removed the sprit, tightly hauling down the peak of the sail, and we raced along under what sailors call a leg-of-mutton.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)