SPINNAKER


Meaning of SPINNAKER in English

/ ˈspɪnəkə(r); NAmE / noun

a large extra sail on a racing yacht that you use when the wind is coming from behind

—picture at yacht

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 19th cent.: apparently a fanciful formation from Sphinx , the name of the yacht first using it.

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