stunsail

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UK/ˈstʌnsəl/

noun

studding sail

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Meanings

nounstunsail (plural stunsails)

plural stunsails · alternative stunsel · alternative stunsil · alternative stun'sl

  1. nauticalstudding sail

    And, when running into more sufferable latitudes, the ship, with mild stun’sails spread, floated across the tranquil tropics […]

    1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 41”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
studdingsail
Cite this entry
APA

stunsail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunsail

MLA

“stunsail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunsail. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stunsail,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stunsail.

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