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Definition of Staysail
1. Noun. A fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts).
Definition of Staysail
1. n. Any sail extended on a stay.
Definition of Staysail
1. Noun. (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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Staysail
1. a type of sail [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staysail
Literary usage of Staysail
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1868)
"... the spanker, the topsails, the fore-staysail, and the jibs, which can usually
be all distended to the full without taking wind from each other. ..."
2. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"In some ships the jib and fore-topmast staysail-halliards are rove through gins
fitted for the purpose. Gins, however, are not supplied in all ships, ..."
3. The Kedge-anchor, Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
"In some ships the jib and fore-topmast staysail-halliards are rove through gins
fitted for the purpose. Gins, however, are not supplied in all ships, ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"In a three-masted vessel, the sails of most importance are the main-course, the
spanker, the topsails, the fore-staysail, and the jibs, which can usually be ..."
5. The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation by Nathaniel Bowditch (1826)
"Lying-la wider the main staysail. Under the main staysail a ship will not make
so much lee-way as. under a foresail, because its efforts pass very near the ..."
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