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  1. n. nautical A sail attached to the side of another in a square-rigged ship to increase the speed of the vessel

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. (Naut.) A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of sail.

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  1. studding sail
  2. stunsail
  1. water sail
  2. jewel block
  1. boom iron
  2. deck-sheet
  1. downhaul
  2. span blocks
  1. tack
  2. large
  1. fly-by-night

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