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staysails

staysails is the plural of staysail.

Meaning of staysail

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.

Questions about staysails

What is staysails the plural of?
Staysails is the plural of staysail.

Words near staysails in the dictionary

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

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