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Meanings of staysail in английском

русский
стаксель
испанский
estay
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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.

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          стаксель
          Usage of staysail in английском
          1
          Next followed the mizen staysail, which was spread in the same manner.
          The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific
          2
          Flint saw that the fore topmast staysail was properly set and trimmed.
          Within The Enemy's Lines
          3
          Stand by to run up your jib and fore-topmast staysail, Mr. Broadrick.
          Java Head
          4
          We had the foretop-mast staysail, fore and main topsails, and the spanker set.
          Up the River; or, Yachting on the Mississippi
          5
          Captain Cullen bent over suddenly and cast the staysail-sheet off from its pin.
          When God Laughs, and Other Stories
          6
          Hoist away the jib and staysail; fore-sheets over to starboard.
          Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Rev...
          7
          The captain gave the order to cut away the mizzen-mast, and set another staysail.
          Charley Laurel: A Story of Adventure by Sea and Land
          8
          They loosed the fore-topsail and they set the foretopmast staysail.
          Heroes of the Goodwin Sands
          9
          This was done by a skilful manipulation of the yards and fore topmast staysail.
          The Shellback's Progress / In the Nineteenth Century
          10
          Now haul that fore-staysail across, ease off the spanker sheet.
          Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83...
          11
          That fore staysail is flapping about like a washerwoman's apron!'
          Cross of St. George
          12
          A bow-chaser roared out, the pale smoke fanning away through the staysail and jib.
          Beyond the Reef
          13
          Fore and main topmast-staysail and jib halliards, hoist away.
          The Congo Rovers: A Story of the Slave Squadron
          14
          Hardly had they got below, before away went the fore topmast staysail, blown to ribands.
          Two Years Before the Mast
          15
          Then come the "outer jib" and the "inner jib" and the "foretopmast staysail."
          Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891
          16
          Wait a minute... no, look at the staysail.
          Three ways to capsize a boat: an optimist afloat
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          Translations for staysail
          русский
          стаксель
          испанский
          estay
          Staysail through the time
          Staysail across language varieties
          United Kingdom
          Common