Trinket vs Headsail - What's the difference?
trinket | headsail |
A small showy ornament or piece of jewelry
A thing of little value; a trifle; a toy.
(nautical) A three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard.
* Hakluyt
(obsolete) A knife; a cutting tool.
In nautical|lang=en terms the difference between trinket and headsail
is that trinket is (nautical) a three-cornered sail formerly carried on a ship's foremast, probably on a lateen yard while headsail is (nautical) any sail (of a sailing vessel) set forward of the foremost mast.As nouns the difference between trinket and headsail
is that trinket is a small showy ornament or piece of jewelry while headsail is (nautical) any sail (of a sailing vessel) set forward of the foremost mast.As a verb trinket
is to give trinkets; to court favour.trinket
English
Noun
(en noun)- That little trinket around her neck must have cost a bundle.
- It's only a little trinket , but it reminds her of him.
- Sailing always with the sheets of mainsail and trinket warily in our hands.
- (Tusser)