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Definition of "staysail" [stay•sail]

  • Nautical A triangular sail hoisted on a stay. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "staysail" in a sentence
  • ""Why hasn't he got that big fisherman's staysail on her?" she demanded irritably."
  • ""Old Kinross is setting that fisherman's staysail," he remarked quietly."
  • "Captain Cullen bent over suddenly and cast the staysail-sheet off from its pin."