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studdingsail

(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

Origin: < ?

See studdingsail in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A narrow rectangular sail set from extensions of the yards of square-rigged ships.

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