staysail

English edit

Etymology edit

stay +‎ sail

Noun edit

staysail (plural staysails)

(nautical) A fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast.

Translations edit

fore-and-aft rigged sail

Bulgarian: стаксел m (staksel)
Catalan: vela d'estai f
Danish: stangsejl
Finnish: haruspurje (fi)
German: Stagsegel n
Polish: sztagżagiel m, sztaksel (pl) m

Anagrams edit

talisays

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