The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Jolly Jumpers

Sea Terms

A name for the fancy sails which tradition tells us were carried on the very lofty ships of ye olden time. They were supposed to set above the moon-rakers, which in turn were set above the sky-scrapers.

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