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Webster 1913 Edition


Staysail

Stay′sailˊ

(stā′sālˊ;among sailors, stā′s’l)
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Noun.
(Naut.)
Any sail extended on a stay.

Definition 2024


staysail

staysail

English

Noun

staysail (plural staysails)

  1. (nautical) A fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast.

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