staysail
[ stey-seyl; Nautical stey-suhl ]
/ ˈsteɪˌseɪl; Nautical ˈsteɪ səl /
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noun Nautical.
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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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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
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