Word: spritsails
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sprit
sails
Definition: Plural of spritsail; a fore-and-aft sail extended by a sprit
Morphemes:
Affix: sprit
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
Affix: sail
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.