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skysails

skysails is the plural of skysail.

Meaning of skysail

Noun

skysail (plural skysails)

  1. On historical square-rigged ships, the sail above the royal. Normally it is the uppermost sail, but in some cases it is below the moonraker.
    • Never, in the whole voyage, did our crew spring to it in more lively fashion. And lively fashion was needed to save our gear. As it was, they cut away the remnants of the mizzen-lower-topsail with their sheath-knives, and they loosed the main-skysail out of its bolt-ropes.1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLVI

Questions about skysails

What is skysails the plural of?
Skysails is the plural of skysail.

Words near skysails in the dictionary

  1. Skyros
  2. skyrunner
  3. skyrunners
  4. skyrunning
  5. skysail
  6. skysails
  7. skyscape
  8. skyscapes
  9. skyscraper
  10. skyscraper heel
  11. skyscraper heels

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