Meanings of staysail (staysails) in английском

These staysails take their names from the stays on which they run.

Large square-rigged vessels have sails for the express purpose, called storm-staysails.

The yacht bowled on under tight-reefed staysails, and all was happy.

In that day, spensers were unknown, staysails doing their duty.

We were twenty-four hours battened down, and under storm staysails.

A few faces loomed in the glass, and then the quivering jib and staysails.

Every sail was set and drawing, including the staysails.

Let go the halliards; down staysails and jib.

The staysails and jibs were hauled down now as useless, and the vessel flew like a courser.

If the signal is repeated, or if the foresail is set he will probably set Jib and staysails.

As it was, we were greatly outsailing him, but an order was immediately given to set the light staysails.

Her top-masts were gone, and she was pitching and rising without appearing to advance under her courses and storm staysails.

On the jib-boom there were two staysails; there was room enough for three, but the money would not run to it.

A large barque was once in mid-ocean homeward bound, and was beating against strong head-winds under whole topsails, courses, lower staysails, and jib.

The youngest apprentice furled the royals and staysails, two other boys the topgallant sails, and all the crew, except the master, the larger square sails.

We had drifted along with the topsail and two staysails drawing from the main, and a sort of trysail set from a preventer-stay leading aft.