Crossjack

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crossjack \Cross"jack`\ (kr?s"j?k` or kr?"j?k`), n. (Naut.)
     The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  crossjack
       n : the lowermost sail on a mizzenmast [syn: {mizzen course}]