stunsail

or stun·s'l

[ stuhn-suhl ]

noun

studdingsail.

Origin of stunsail

First recorded in 1755–65; syncopated variant of studdingsail

Words Nearby stunsail

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How to use stunsail in a sentence

The mate gave a stamp on the deck, and kept her away a little to set a stunsail.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66 No.406, August 1849 | Various
Found the wind slight but for the first time quite fair in a due east, all the sails squared and also the stunsail out.
A Journey to America in 1834 | Robert Heywood
By the time the Mary Jane got home, black Jack could set a stunsail, or furl a royal.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 403, May, 1849 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for stunsail

stunsail

stuns'l

/ (ˈstʌnsəl) /

noun

another word for studdingsail

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