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staysail

staysail noun: 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.

Noun

staysail (plural staysails)

  1. 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.

staysail meaning in Tamil

staysail in Tamil

கயிறு தாங்கும் பாய்மரம்

Forms of staysail

pluralstaysails

Origin of staysail

From stay + sail.

Questions about staysail

What does staysail mean?
Staysail means 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.
What is staysail in Tamil?
Staysail in Tamil is கயிறு தாங்கும் பாய்மரம். See Staysail meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is staysail?
Staysail is a noun.
What is the plural of staysail?
The plural of staysail is staysails.

Words near staysail in the dictionary

  1. stays up
  2. stays up late
  3. stays within the lines
  4. stays'l
  5. stays'ls
  6. staysail
  7. staysails
  8. staystitch
  9. staystitched
  10. staystitches
  11. staystitching

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Adapted from Wiktionary: staysail (page history and authors); staysail (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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