Definition of "sprit" []

• Nautical A pole that extends diagonally across a fore-and-aft sail from the lower part of the mast to the peak of the sail. (noun)
• Nautical A bowsprit. (noun)

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• "As for your shower, we will all be there in sprit, wishing you and your little family many blessings!"
• "The sprit is a long pole, one end of which is fixed to the lowest _innermost_ corner, near the mast, and the other end extending to the highest _outermost_ corner; thus it lies diagonally across the sail."
• "A long kind of sprit was held up, split at the end to receive the letters."