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Webster 1913 Edition
Stunsail
Stun′sail
,Noun.
(Naut.)
A contraction of
Studding sail
. With every rag set,
stunsails
, sky scrapers and all. Lowell.
Definition 2024
stunsail
stunsail
English
Noun
stunsail (plural stunsails)
- (nautical) studding sail
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 41
- And, when running into more sufferable latitudes, the ship, with mild stun’sails spread, floated across the tranquil tropics [...]
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 41