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stunsail

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stun⋅sail

  [stuhn-suhl]
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–noun
studdingsail.
Also, stuns'l.

Origin:
1755–65; syncopated var. of studdingsail

stud⋅ding⋅sail

  [stuhd-ing-seyl; Naut. stuhn-suhl]
–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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