spinnaker

English edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspɪnəkə/
(US) enPR: spĭnʹəkər, IPA^(key): /ˈspɪnəkɚ/
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Noun edit

spinnaker (plural spinnakers)

(nautical) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind.
Synonym: spinney

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

sail

Bulgarian: спинакер m (spinaker)
Finnish: pallopurje (fi), spinaakkeri (fi)
Greek: τρίγωνο ιστίο n (trígono istío)
Hebrew: סְפִּינֵקֶר (he) m (spineker)
Italian: spi m, spinaker m
Macedonian: спи́накер m (spínaker)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: spinnaker m

Nynorsk: spinnaker m
Polish: spinaker m, motyl (pl) m
Spanish: espináker m

Verb edit

spinnaker (third-person singular simple present spinnakers, present participle spinnakering, simple past and past participle spinnakered)

(nautical) To sail using a spinnaker
- 1995, Tom Linskey, Race Winning Strategies:
  On the port tack layline , you're defenseless against starboard tackers — you have to dip them , no matter how much you may lose doing it — and the wind shadow of boats spinnakering away from the mark can cost you plenty.
- 2010, Pete Goss, Close to the Wind:
  We spinnakered out into the Atlantic and, fortunately, the wind died as night fell.