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Webster 1913 Edition


Stunsail

Stun′sail

,
Noun.
(Naut.)
A contraction of
Studding sail
.
With every rag set,
stunsails
, sky scrapers and all.
Lowell.

Definition 2024


stunsail

stunsail

English

Noun

stunsail (plural stunsails)

  1. (nautical) studding sail
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 41
      And, when running into more sufferable latitudes, the ship, with mild stun’sails spread, floated across the tranquil tropics [...]