studding sail

Variant of studdingsail

studdingsail definition

studding·sail (stud′iŋ sāl′, stun′səl)

noun

an auxiliary sail, usually of light canvas, set outside the edge of a working sail in light weather by means of an extensible boom
also studding sail

Etymology: < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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