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Definition: Spencer mast
Spencer
\Spen"cer\, n. (Naut.)
A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast,
hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff
and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast;
-- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England
[1802].
[1913 Webster]
Spencer mast, a small mast just abaft the foremast or
mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
[1913 Webster]