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scudding sail

scudding sail is the alternative form of studdingsail.

Meaning of studdingsail

Noun

studdingsail (plural studdingsails)

  1. A sail attached to the side of another in a square-rigged ship in order to increase the speed of the vessel.

Forms of scudding sail

pluralscudding sails

Questions about scudding sail

What is scudding sail the alternative form of?
Scudding sail is the alternative form of studdingsail.

Words near scudding sail in the dictionary

  1. scudder
  2. scudders
  3. scuddick
  4. scuddicks
  5. scudding
  6. scudding sail
  7. scudding sails
  8. scuddings
  9. scuddle
  10. scuddled
  11. scuddler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scudding sail (page history and authors); studdingsail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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