FORESTAYSAIL

Meaning of FORESTAYSAIL in English

Pronunciation: - ˌ s ā l, -s ə l

Function: noun

Date: 1742

: the triangular aftermost headsail of a schooner, ketch, or yawl set on the forestay ― see SAIL illustration

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

FORESTAYSAIL — noun Date: 1742 the triangular aftermost headsail of a schooner, ketch, or yawl set on the forestay
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FORESTAYSAIL — ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ˌsāl, -_səl noun : the aftermost headsail of a schooner, ketch, or yawl that is triangular in shape and set …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORESTAYSAIL — /fawr'stay"sayl', fohr'-/ ; Naut. /fawr'stay"seuhl, fohr'-/ , n. a triangular sail set on a forestay; the innermost headsail of a …
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FORESTAYSAIL — noun Date: 1742 : the triangular aftermost headsail of a schooner, ketch, or yawl set on the forestay — see …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FORESTAYSAIL — [fore.stay.sail] n (1742): the triangular aftermost headsail of a schooner, ketch, or yawl set on the forestay--see sail illustration
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SAIL — I. ˈsāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ; see sense 1b ) Etymology: Middle English seil, …
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JUMBO — I. ˈjəm(ˌ)bō noun ( -s ) Etymology: from Jumbo, an elephant exhibited by P.T.Barnum 1. : a very large or …
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CUTTER — I. ˈkəd.ə(r), ˈkətə- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from cutten to cut + -er 1. …
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INNER JIB — noun : a jib immediately forward of the forestaysail on a ship where several jibs are carried — see sail …
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FORESTAY — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English forstay, forestay, from for-, fore- fore- + stay : a support in front or directed …
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FORESAIL — ˈfōrˌsāl, ˈfȯr-, ˈfōəˌ-, ˈfȯ(ə)ˌ-, -_səl noun Etymology: Middle English foreseile, from for-, fore- fore- + seil, seile sail — more …
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JUMBO — /jum"boh/ , n. , pl. jumbos , adj. Informal. n. 1. a very large person, animal, or thing. 2. See …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JIB — jib 1 /jib/ , n. Naut. 1. any of various triangular sails set forward of a forestaysail or fore-topmast staysail. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INNER JIB — Naut. a headsail immediately forward of a forestaysail or fore-topmast staysail.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SAIL — I. ˈsāl, as last element in compounds often səl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English segl; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SAIL — Synonyms and related words : aeroplane, airlift, airplane, balloon, balloon sail, batten, be airborne, be effortless, be painless, boat, boltrope, …
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JIB — Synonyms and related words : avert, avoid, back down, balance, balk, balloon sail, batten, bear off, blench, blink, boggle, cringe, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SAIL — n. 25B6; noun the ship's sails : canvas. See list. 25B6; verb we sailed across the Atlantic : VOYAGE, travel …
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