staysail

[ stey-seyl; Nautical stey-suh l ]

/ ˈsteɪˌseɪl; Nautical ˈsteɪ səl /

noun Nautical.

any sail set on a stay, as a triangular sail between two masts.

Origin of staysail

First recorded in 1660–70; stay³ + sail

Words nearby staysail

staycation, stayer, staying power, stayman, stays, staysail, staël, stbd, stbd., stc, std

Example sentences from the Web for staysail

Shell trim with the staysail, if we haul another reef down, he said.

The Protector |Harold Bindloss
In front of the fore-mast are the staysail, the jib, and the flying-jib; these last are triangular sails.

Man on the Ocean |R.M. Ballantyne
He had the mainsail hoisted and the staysail flattened down to the port side—so as to back her head off.

Geoffrey Hampstead |Thomas Stinson Jarvis
The tall, handsome, fair-haired Webb leaned over the table and spoke to Staysail almost in a whisper.

Crusoes of the Frozen North |Gordon Stables

The staysail had chain halyards and Marston sent a man aloft with a grease-swab.

Wyndham's Pal |Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for staysail

staysail

/ (ˈsteɪˌseɪl, ˈsteɪsəl) nautical /

noun

an auxiliary sail, often triangular, set to catch the wind, as between the masts of a yawl (mizzen staysail), aft of a spinnaker (spinnaker staysail), etc

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staysail

noun Nautical.

Origin of staysail

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Example sentences from the Web for staysail

British Dictionary definitions for staysail

noun

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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staysail

noun Nautical.

Origin of staysail

Words nearby staysail

Example sentences from the Web for staysail

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