stunsail

or stun·s'l

[ stuhn-suhl ]

Origin of stunsail

1
First recorded in 1755–65; syncopated variant of studdingsail

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

British Dictionary definitions for stunsail

stunsail

stuns'l

/ (ˈstʌnsəl) /


noun
  1. another word for studdingsail

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012