Definitions for headsail

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headsail head·sail

Spelling: [hed-seyl; Nautical hed-suh l]

IPA: /ˈhɛdˌseɪl; Nautical ˈhɛd səl/

Headsail is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 316 anagrams from letters in headsail (aadehils).

Definitions for headsail

noun

1. any of various jibs or staysails set forward of the foremost mast of a vessel.
2. any sail set on a foremast, especially on a vessel having three or more masts.

Origin of headsail

First recorded in 1620-30; head + sail

Examples for headsail

First, the smallness of the yard to which the head of the gaff-topsail is laced; and secondly, the great size of the headsail.

From for'ard came the jerking rattle of headsail halyards through the sheaves.

John Paul himself taught me to tack and wear ship, and MacMuir to stow a headsail.

The essentials of the schooner are two fore-and-aft sails and a headsail (jib), any other sails being incidental.

The young skipper was determined to test the question, and, lashing the helm, he hoisted her headsail.