Spencer /(?)/

Spen·cer

Spencer

n.
  1. One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.]

Spencer

n.
  1. A short jacket worn by men and by women.

Spencer

n.
  1. 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]. (Naut.)

Phrases & Compounds
Spencer mast
a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer.