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The equivalent sail, if triangular, is called a skyscraper.[1]
Moonrakers are relatively unusual sails only used on ships built primarily for speed.[citation needed]
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^ abSmyth, W. H. (1867). "sky-scraper". In Belcher, Edward (ed.). The Sailor's Word-Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including Some More Especially Military and Scientific... London: Blackie and Son. p. 631. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
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