n. a sail set on a small extra yard and boom beyond the leech of a square sail in light winds.
[ 16th c.: orig. uncert.: perh. f. MLG, MDu. stotinge a thrusting ]
STUDDINGSAIL
Meaning of STUDDINGSAIL in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012