staysails

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A form of staysail — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of staysail
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APA

staysails. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/staysails

MLA

“staysails.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/staysails. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “staysails,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/staysails.

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