studdingsail

[ stuhd-ing-seyl; Nautical stuhn-suhl ]

/ ˈstʌd ɪŋˌseɪl; Nautical ˈstʌn səl /

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noun Nautical.

a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.

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Also stunsail, stuns'l.

Origin of studdingsail

1540–50; studding (< ?) + sail

Words nearby studdingsail

stud bolt, studbook, studded tire, studdie, studding, studdingsail, Studebaker, student, student adviser, student body, student council

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How to use studdingsail in a sentence

Turn the hands up, Mr. Griffith, and pack on the ship from her trucks to her lower studdingsail-booms.
The Pilot|J. Fenimore Cooper
The yards were trimmed to the change by Abraham, who followed on with some orders about the foretopmast-studdingsail.
My Danish Sweetheart, Volume 3 of 3|William Clark Russell
Her great lower studdingsail swept out from her side for all the world like a butterfly-net, raking the top of the sea for us.
Jim Davis|John Masefield
A weather topgallant or topmast studdingsail should be set abaft the sail, and a lee one forward of the sail.
The Seaman's Friend|Richard Henry Dana

Rig in the topmast studdingsail boom before unreeving the outer halyards.
The Seaman's Friend|Richard Henry Dana

British Dictionary definitions for studdingsail

studdingsail

/ (ˈstʌdɪŋˌseɪl, nautical ˈstʌnsəl) /

noun

nautical a light auxiliary sail set outboard on spars on either side of a square sailAlso called: stunsail, stuns'l

Word Origin for studdingsail

C16: studding, perhaps from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stōtinge, from stōten to thrust; related to German stossen

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