Definitions for studdingsail

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studdingsail stud·ding·sail

Spelling: [stuhd-ing-seyl; Nautical stuhn-suh l]

IPA: /ˈstʌd ɪŋˌseɪl; Nautical ˈstʌn səl/

Studdingsail is a 12 letter English word.

You can make 808 anagrams from letters in studdingsail (addgiilnsstu).

Definitions for studdingsail

noun

1. a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.

Origin of studdingsail

1540-50; studding (sail

Examples for studdingsail

We did so, and that so suddenly, that the studdingsail booms snapped like pipe-shanks, short off by the irons.

If there are any studdingsail booms on the lower or topsail yards, they must be triced up before reefing.