clubster (klubster)

[ He was no clubster listed among good fellows. Roger North, Lord Guilford, I. 145. club-topsail (klub'top" sāl, -sl), n. Naut ., a large gaff-topsail, used in yachts, having a small spar called a club bent to its foot so as to extend it beyond the end of the gaff. The head of the sail is also extended above the masthead by a light spar called a hoisting - pole . See club1 , n., 7. =