stunsail

English

Alternative forms

• stunsel, stunsil

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstʌnsəl/

Noun

stunsail (plural stunsails)

1. (nautical) studding sail
   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 41”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:

     And, when running into more sufferable latitudes, the ship, with mild stun’sails spread, floated across the tranquil tropics […]

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