staysail
IPA: stˈeɪsˈeɪɫ
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.
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Examples of "staysail" in Sentences
- The third top main staysail is still in place.
- Unusually, a fore royal staysail may also be set.
- Shortly afterwards the fore topmast staysail was blown to bits.
- All are gaff rigged, with a mainsail, a staysail and normally a jib.
- The sail on the forestay is then referred to as the staysail or stays'l.
- "Old Kinross is setting that fisherman's staysail," he remarked quietly.
- A staysail was classically attached to the stay with wooden or steel hoops.
- Two square sails and one staysail were erected, giving approximately of sail.
- Cutters carry a staysail directly in front of the mast, set from the forestay.
- Captain Cullen bent over suddenly and cast the staysail-sheet off from its pin.
- "Why hasn't he got that big fisherman's staysail on her?" she demanded irritably.
- The Jessie swung off under her full staysail, then the foresail, double-reefed, was run up.
- Louis muttered in my ear, as I passed forward to see to taking in the flying jib and staysail.
- As the schooner went into the wind and backed her jib and staysail the whaleboat was swung out.
- The full-jib was also set, and, as it departed in shreds, the fore-topmast staysail was being hoisted.
- I hoisted up the staysail until it was laying flat over the torn foresail to keep the stress of the wind off of it.
- Lars with the broken leg, and Davis laid off for keeps -- why, sir, we'll soon be that weak it'll take both watches to set a staysail.
- The heavy block hurtled through the air, smashing Dorety's head like an egg-shell and hurtling on and back and forth as the staysail whipped and slatted in the wind.
- My hands were full with the flying-jib, jib, and staysail; and by the time this part of my task was accomplished the Ghost was leaping into the south-west, the wind on her quarter and all her sheets to starboard.