studdingsail

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈstʌ.dɪŋˌseɪl/, /ˈstʌn.səl/

Noun

studdingsail (plural studdingsails)

(nautical) A sail attached to the side of another in a square-rigged ship in order to increase the speed of the vessel.
Synonym: stun'sl

Translations

sail attached to the side of another

Bulgarian: лисел m (lisel)
Finnish: myötäpurje
Hebrew: מִפְרָשׂ עֵזֶר (he) m (mifras ezer), תּוֹסָף צַד (he) m (tosaf tsad)
Russian: лисель (ru) (liselʹ)

Further reading

studding sail on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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