Staysail

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Staysail \Stay"sail`\ (st[=a]"s[=a]l`;among sailors,
     st[=a]"s'l), n. (Naut.)
     Any sail extended on a stay.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  staysail
       n : a fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts)