"staysail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: staysails [plural]
Etymology: stay + sail Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stay|sail}} stay + sail Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (fore-and-aft rigged sail): стаксел (staksel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vela d'estai [feminine] (Catalan), stangsejl (Danish), haruspurje (Finnish), Stagsegel [neuter] (German), sztagżagiel [masculine] (Polish), sztaksel [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-staysail-en-noun-QM1W5gsD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for staysail meaning in English (2.1kB)

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