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studdingsail

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stud⋅ding⋅sail

  [stuhd-ing-seyl; Naut. stuhn-suhl]
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–noun Nautical.
a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.
Also, stunsail, stuns'l.

Origin:
1540–50; studding (< ?) + sail
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stud·ding·sail   (stŭn'səl, stŭd'ĭng-sāl')   
n.  A narrow rectangular sail set from extensions of the yards of square-rigged ships.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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