STAYSAIL

staysail

(noun) a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

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.

Anagrams

• talisays

Source: Wiktionary


Stay"sail`, n. (Naut.)

Definition: Any sail extended on a stay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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