Spencer
Spencer , noun
[Old French despensier. See Spence, and compare Dispenser.]
One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obsolete] — Promptorium Parvulorum
Spencer , noun
[From the third Earl Spencer, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion.]
A short jacket worn by men and by women. — Ld. Lutton
Spencer , noun
(Nautical) A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802].
Collocations (1)
Spencer mast , a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. — R. H. Dana, Jr