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Staysail

noun
1.
A fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts).





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"Staysail" Quotes from Famous Books



... Light the reefs were shaken out, and at Charley's suggestion a big fisherman's staysail was made all ready for hoisting, and the main-topsail, bunched into a cap at the masthead, was overhauled so that it could be set ...
— Tales of the Fish Patrol • Jack London


Words linked to "Staysail" :   fore-and-aft sail


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