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• staysail — [stā′sāl΄; ] naut. [, stā′səl] n. a triangular, fore and aft rigged sail fastened on a stay …   English World dictionary

• staysail — fore and aft sail hoisted on a stay Nautical Terms …   Phrontistery dictionary

• Staysail — A staysail is a fore and aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward (and most often but not always downwards) from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast.Most staysails are bob triangular, however some are… …   Wikipedia

• Fore-and-aft rig — A fore and aft rig is a sailing rig consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it. Such sails are described as fore and aft rigged.Fore and aft rigged sails include Staysails, Bermuda rigged… …   Wikipedia

• fore-and-aft sail — noun any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore and aft direction • Hypernyms: ↑sail, ↑canvas, ↑canvass, ↑sheet • Hyponyms: ↑gaffsail, ↑gaff headed sail, ↑gaff topsail, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• staysail — noun Date: 1669 a fore and aft sail hoisted on a stay see sail illustration …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• staysail — noun 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 …   Wiktionary

• staysail — [ steɪseɪl, s(ə)l] noun a triangular fore and aft sail extended on a stay …   English new terms dictionary

• staysail — n. a triangular fore and aft sail extended on a stay …   Useful english dictionary

• staysail schooner — noun : a schooner without the boom and gaff foresail and with the space between the fore and main masts filled by staysails of various shapes …   Useful english dictionary

• Schooner — 1) Bowsprit2) Jib, followed by fore staysail3) (Fore) gaff topsail4) Foresail5) Main gaff topsail6) Mainsail7) End of boom] A schooner (pronEng|ˈskuːnɚ) is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore and aft sails on two or more… …   Wikipedia