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staysail

The correct spelling is staysail.

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noun

Say it like: Sta-ysa-yl

The correct spelling is staysail. A fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast.

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noun

  1. 1.A fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast.

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