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Webster 1913 Edition
Staysail
Stay′sailˊ
(stā′sālˊ;among sailors, stā′s’l)
, Noun.
(Naut.)
Any sail extended on a stay.
Definition 2024
staysail
staysail
English
Noun
staysail (plural staysails)
- (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.
Translations
fore-and-aft rigged sail
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