staysail

English

Etymology

stay +‎ sail

Noun

staysail (plural staysails)

1. (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

fore-and-aft rigged sail

• Danish: stangsejl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: haruspurje (fi)

Anagrams

• talisays