trinquete

foremast; foresail; ratchet; ratchet wheel and pawl (entire mechanism); buckle

“Tenía dos vergas en el palo de trinquete, y en el de mesana que era pequeñísimo flotaba un jirón rojo” — It had two yards on the foresail mast, and on that of the tiny mizzen was flapping a ripped rag.

Borrowed from French trinquet.

a kind of hook; rip-off, ripoff; bribe or bribery, shady deal, corrupt affair (usually of a public official)

Etymology tree Spanish trincar Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etbor. Spanish -ete Spanish trinquete From trincar + -ete.