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Definition of Spinnaker
1. Noun. A large and usually triangular headsail; carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind.
Definition of Spinnaker
1. n. A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind.
Definition of Spinnaker
1. Noun. (nautical) A supplemental sail to the main sail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spinnaker
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinnaker
Literary usage of Spinnaker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, Brooke Heckstall-Smith (1900)
"But generally the large spinnaker (set as such) has too much hoist for the jib
spinnaker, and a shift has to be made for the bowsprit spinnaker, ..."
2. The Cruise of the Fleur-de-Lys in the Ocean Race by Lewis Atterbury Stimson (1905)
"In place of a spinnaker we carried a spritsail of my devising. ... The sail was
almost as large as a spinnaker, was as easily set, and needed much less care ..."
3. The Naval Constructor: A Vade Mecum of Ship Design for Students, Naval by George Simpson (1918)
"In the case of a schooner the perpendicular I shall be measured upon the foremast,
unless she has a main spinnaker, the height of which exceeds the ..."
4. The Naval Constructor: A Vade Mecum of Ship Design for Students, Naval by George Simpson (1914)
"I. The perpendicular I to be measured from the deck, at the foreside of the mast
to where the line of the luff of the foremost headsail, or of the spinnaker ..."
5. Hunt's Yachting Magazine (1869)
"With a light wind several of the yachts returned to Gourock bay, beaded by the
Satanella, running at a racing pace, with an immense spinnaker set. ..."
6. Canoeing, Sailing and Motor Boating by Warren Hastings Miller (1919)
"In going dead before the wind the jib might just as well come down, as the mainsail
and spinnaker rob it of all the wind. The boy's simplest rig for a ..."
7. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1900)
"Still the short run under the spinnaker to the winning line is only five miles,
... On which side shall we carry our spinnaker ? Our spinnaker boom is ..."
8. Yachts, Boats and Canoes by C. Stansfeld-Hicks (1887)
"On the Round Pond, Kensington, and some other waters a spinnaker is used on racing
... There are two kinds, a bowsprit spinnaker and spinnaker proper. ..."
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