studdingsail
a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.
Origin of studdingsail
1- Also stunsail, stuns'l.
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 CooperThe 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 RussellHer 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 MasefieldA 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 DanaRig in the topmast studdingsail boom before unreeving the outer halyards.
The Seaman's Friend | Richard Henry Dana
British Dictionary definitions for studdingsail
/ (ˈstʌdɪŋˌseɪl, nautical ˈstʌnsəl) /
nautical a light auxiliary sail set outboard on spars on either side of a square sail: Also called: stunsail, stuns'l
Origin of studdingsail
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