Staysail

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nautical A triangular sail hoisted on a stay.
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  • n. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any sail extended on a stay.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Any sail which hoists upon a stay. See stay, 1.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fore-and-aft sail   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    stays'l    fore-topsail    foresail    backstay    topgallant   
     
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