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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A large jib used on a racing yacht. Also called genoa jib.

Wiktionary

  1. n. nautical A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast.

Etymologies

  1. After Genoa . (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Anonymous said ... great job, expecially for me: i am writing from genoa and i am a Genoa supporter ..... can you tell me which font did you use for the numbers?”

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  • “Ron suggests they put out a very small amount of genoa a large jib that overlaps the mast but Tom thinks that will only rip as the staysail did.”

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  • “The only variation I made was that I sauteed finely chopped genoa salami in butter,before I threw it into the pasta.”

    Recipe of the Day: Spaghetti With Fried Eggs - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com

  • “Perhaps the combination of genoa salami, mortadella, coppacola, ham, and prosciutto makes this “the mother” of all sandwiches.”

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  • “The first course soon followed, consisting of a house-cured charcuterie with tasso, mortadella, pepperoni, capicola, genoa salami, and duck for 'song and a veal sweetbread and artichoke meuniere for me.”

    Food, glorious food.

  • “Eager Earthsea Warriors jumped to their winches and, one by one, genoa, main and midden sails vanished into hollow booms.”

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact

  • “Lance was taking the genoa down on the yacht, and someone, probably Monica, was lying on top of it, trying to keep it from blowing overboard.”

    The Short Forever

  • “She was lying abeam to the seas, two hundred yards away, her genoa aback and the main flapping free.”

    The Short Forever

  • ““When I looked back and saw the yacht, the genoa was aback, and that would stop the yacht.””

    The Short Forever

  • “Taking the sail off altogether is another option if there is no sail cover; in that case the mainsail would be flaked in the same manner as the jib or genoa.”

    Simon & Schuster: Sailing Fundamentals

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  • donricklin also a kind of sail shape and rigging. Oct 11, 2008

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