Termed also jenny yards and foot yards. A modern racing topsail set on two yards. In belaying or making fast a rope to close up or jam the turns together. To clinch the hitch of a rope by passing the end through a bight. The horns at the end of the gaff which half encircle the mast.
Wood beads are rove on the rope to make it slide easily on the mast.
The outer triangular sail set on the bowsprit. The spar beyond the bowsprit in schooners upon which the outer jib is set. In schooners the stay-foresail. An abbreviation of the term jibheaded topsail. A thimble-headed topsail.