staysail

Noun

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts)Type of fore-and-aft sail
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Stay′sail′ (stā′sāl′;among sailors, stā′s'l), noun

Nautical Any sail extended on a stay.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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