staysail

[ stey-seyl; Nautical stey-suhl ]

/ ˈsteɪˌseɪl; Nautical ˈsteɪ səl /

noun Nautical.

any sail set on a stay, as a triangular sail between two masts.

Origin of staysail

First recorded in 1660–70; stay³ + sail

Words nearby staysail

stay out, stay over, stay-press, stay put, stays, staysail, stay stitching, stay the course, stay with, S.T.B., stbd.

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Example sentences from the Web for staysail

Shell trim with the staysail, if we haul another reef down, he said.
The Protector|Harold Bindloss
In front of the fore-mast are the staysail, the jib, and the flying-jib; these last are triangular sails.
Man on the Ocean|R.M. Ballantyne
He had the mainsail hoisted and the staysail flattened down to the port side—so as to back her head off.
Geoffrey Hampstead|Thomas Stinson Jarvis
The tall, handsome, fair-haired Webb leaned over the table and spoke to Staysail almost in a whisper.
Crusoes of the Frozen North|Gordon Stables

The staysail had chain halyards and Marston sent a man aloft with a grease-swab.
Wyndham's Pal|Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for staysail

staysail

/ (ˈsteɪˌseɪl, ˈsteɪsəl) nautical /

noun

an auxiliary sail, often triangular, set to catch the wind, as between the masts of a yawl (mizzen staysail), aft of a spinnaker (spinnaker staysail), etc

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

单词	staysail
释义	staysail [ stey-seyl; Nautical stey-suhl ] / ˈsteɪˌseɪl; Nautical ˈsteɪ səl / noun Nautical. any sail set on a stay, as a triangular sail between two masts. Origin of staysail First recorded in 1660–70; stay³ + sail Words nearby staysail stay out, stay over, stay-press, stay put, stays, staysail, stay stitching, stay the course, stay with, S.T.B., stbd. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for staysail Shell trim with the staysail, if we haul another reef down, he said. The Protector\|Harold Bindloss In front of the fore-mast are the staysail, the jib, and the flying-jib; these last are triangular sails. Man on the Ocean\|R.M. Ballantyne He had the mainsail hoisted and the staysail flattened down to the port side—so as to back her head off. Geoffrey Hampstead\|Thomas Stinson Jarvis The tall, handsome, fair-haired Webb leaned over the table and spoke to Staysail almost in a whisper. Crusoes of the Frozen North\|Gordon Stables The staysail had chain halyards and Marston sent a man aloft with a grease-swab. Wyndham's Pal\|Harold Bindloss British Dictionary definitions for staysail staysail / (ˈsteɪˌseɪl, ˈsteɪsəl) nautical / noun an auxiliary sail, often triangular, set to catch the wind, as between the masts of a yawl (mizzen staysail), aft of a spinnaker (spinnaker staysail), etc 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
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