studdingsail

[ stuhd-ing-seyl; Nautical stuhn-suhl ]

nounNautical.
  1. a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.

Origin of studdingsail

1
1540–50; studding (< ?) + sail

Words Nearby studdingsail

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How to use studdingsail in a sentence

  • Turn the hands up, Mr. Griffith, and pack on the ship from her trucks to her lower studdingsail-booms.

    The Pilot | J. Fenimore Cooper
  • The yards were trimmed to the change by Abraham, who followed on with some orders about the foretopmast-studdingsail.

    My Danish Sweetheart, Volume 3 of 3 | William Clark Russell
  • Her great lower studdingsail swept out from her side for all the world like a butterfly-net, raking the top of the sea for us.

    Jim Davis | John Masefield
  • A weather topgallant or topmast studdingsail should be set abaft the sail, and a lee one forward of the sail.

    The Seaman's Friend | Richard Henry Dana
  • Rig in the topmast studdingsail boom before unreeving the outer halyards.

    The Seaman's Friend | Richard Henry Dana

British Dictionary definitions for studdingsail

studdingsail

/ (ˈstʌdɪŋˌseɪl, nautical ˈstʌnsəl) /


noun
  1. nautical a light auxiliary sail set outboard on spars on either side of a square sail: Also called: stunsail, stuns'l

Origin of studdingsail

1
C16: studding, perhaps from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stōtinge, from stōten to thrust; related to German stossen

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