... and in the luminous space the tanned sails of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits.
Source: wiktionary
Sprit
//spɹɪt//
Synonyms for "sprit" (75 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (37)
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Translations
12 translations across 8 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- varpatanko noun (supporting spar in spritsail rig)
Hebrew
1 entries- מוֹט noun (supporting spar in spritsail rig)
Latvian
1 entries- šprits noun (supporting spar in spritsail rig)
Livonian
1 entries- sprīt noun (supporting spar in spritsail rig)
Māori
4 entries- kihau noun (supporting spar in spritsail rig)
- tākotokoto noun (supporting spar in spritsail rig)
- tātākoto noun (supporting spar in spritsail rig)
- tītoko noun (supporting spar in spritsail rig)
Norman
2 entries- sprède noun (supporting spar in spritsail rig)
- sprède du grand mât noun (supporting spar in spritsail rig)
Polish
1 entries- rozprza noun (supporting spar in spritsail rig)
Russian
1 entries- шпринто́в noun (supporting spar in spritsail rig)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
the Maltſter will ſtir his Barley Couches till the Sprit begins to fork , five or ſix times a day or more ; it being always his Care to keep them from drying too much on the outſides
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