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From there was the option of a bow sprit, as well as a swimgrid, which added to the total length. en.wikipedia.org

Sprit booms have been combined with a leech spar called a "club"; they have been used on foresails, like the "jib". en.wikipedia.org

Each sail was equipped with a horizontal sprit that enabled it to be brailed up to its mast and deployed rapidly. en.wikipedia.org

The peak of the sail is permanently attached to the head of the sprit. en.wikipedia.org

Until the mid-1700s, most ships also flew a sprit-topsail from the short sprit topmast that rose vertically "above" the fore end of the bowsprit. en.wikipedia.org

The rigging of the sails themselves took several characteristic and unusual forms called a sprit-boomed leg-of-mutton. en.wikipedia.org

They were distinguished by their lack of a forecastle, and by carrying either a square sail, or a sail extended on a sprit on a single mast. en.wikipedia.org

The head is the upper edge of the sail, and is attached at the throat and peak to a gaff, yard, or sprit. en.wikipedia.org

She is also a proctor sprit of pine tree. en.wikipedia.org

It is also available with and without a bow sprit. en.wikipedia.org

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