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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fore-and-aft sail
History
From stay + sail.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
