See Also: topsail(dictionary)
fore-topsail(dictionary)
Topsail - Sailing(gambling)
Jib Topsail - Sailing(gambling)
Main Topsail - Sailing(gambling)
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Gambling(law)
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Rag the Puck - Ice Hockey (gambling) and topsail (iou)


Rag the Puck - Ice Hockey (gambling)


To retain control of the puck, without attempting to score, for a considerable period of time, usually through clever stickhandling; a tactic used to kill time while a team is short-handed or when it holds a lead with not much time left in the game.

topsail (iou)



topsail noun. LME.
[from TOP adjective + SAIL noun1.]
Nautical. In a square-rigged vessel, the sail, or (in larger ships) either of two sails, next above the lower sail. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, a square or triangular sail set above the gaff.