staysailn.

Brit.

/ˈsteɪsl/,

/ˈsteɪseɪl/, U.S.

/ˈsteɪs(ə)l/,

/ˈsteɪˌseɪl/

Etymology: < stay n.¹

Nautical.

a. A triangular sail hoisted upon a stay. Often with defining word prefixed.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set on a stay

staysail1669

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 18 Hoise up Main Staysail, and Mizen Stay-sail.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 163 Their top-gallant sails and stay-sails all fluttering in the wind.

1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 124 The Foudroyant's..stay-sails..were all in tatters.

1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 46 Some of the fore and afters had actually got staysails set, with the sheets hauled flat aft.

b. attributive.

ΚΠ

1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 300 The staysail sheet is let go.

1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 369 Staysail~netting, the netting above a vessel's bowsprit, for stowing away the fore-topmast staysail.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Staysail-Stay, the stay on which a staysail is set.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	staysail
释义	staysailn. Brit. /ˈsteɪsl/, /ˈsteɪseɪl/, U.S. /ˈsteɪs(ə)l/, /ˈsteɪˌseɪl/ Etymology: < stay n.¹ Nautical. a. A triangular sail hoisted upon a stay. Often with defining word prefixed. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > sail set on a stay staysail1669 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 18 Hoise up Main Staysail, and Mizen Stay-sail. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 163 Their top-gallant sails and stay-sails all fluttering in the wind. 1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 124 The Foudroyant's..stay-sails..were all in tatters. 1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 46 Some of the fore and afters had actually got staysails set, with the sheets hauled flat aft. b. attributive. ΚΠ 1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 300 The staysail sheet is let go. 1863 A. Young Naut. Dict. (ed. 2) 369 Staysail~netting, the netting above a vessel's bowsprit, for stowing away the fore-topmast staysail. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Staysail-Stay, the stay on which a staysail is set. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1669
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