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staysail

N ใบ ที่ ติดกับ เชือก ดึง เสากระโดง เรือ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STAYS

n.plu. 1. A bodice; a kind of waistcoat stiffened with whalebone or other thing, worn by females.
2. Stays, of a ship. [See Stay. ]
3. Station; fixed anchorage.
4. Any support; that which keeps another extended.
Weavers, stretch your stays upon the weft.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STAYSAIL

STAYSAIL Stay "sail `, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: Any sail extended on a stay.

 

STAYSHIP

STAYSHIP Stay "ship `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A remora, -- fabled to stop ships by attaching itself to them.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

staysail

stay sail |ˈstāsəl, -ˌsāl ˈsteɪsəl | noun a triangular fore-and-aft sail extended on a stay.

 

Oxford Dictionary

staysail

staysail |ˈsteɪseɪl, -s (ə )l | noun a triangular fore-and-aft sail extended on a stay.