Staysail is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 187 anagrams from letters in staysail (aailssty).
First recorded in 1660-70; stay3 + sail
It was fortunate that we got the staysail hoisted for us, or we could have made nothing of it.
Hoist away the jib and staysail; fore-sheets over to starboard.
What would you have done if we had set the staysail when we first got under way?
She was well rigged, too, having a staysail and gafftopsail.
Man the jib and staysail downhauls, let go the halliards, haul down.
"Stand by to hoist the staysail," said he, as he came forward.
They set that, cast two jibs and the staysail loose, and let them lie.
The staysail had chain halyards and Marston sent a man aloft with a grease-swab.
And along here the staysail came off the Withrow and eased her a lot.
I suppose you'd find her hard to steer if I lowered the staysail?
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