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Definition of Staysails
1. staysail [n] - See also: staysail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staysails
Literary usage of Staysails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"... by the gaff at its head, boom at its foot, and mast on its fore-leech ; the
staysails, which are suspended by rings to the stays, and the Jibs (qv). ..."
2. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"TOPMAST staysails, &c., &c. Fore.—The standing part of the halliards is seized or
... The middle, lower, and upper topgallant-staysails and jack- stays, ..."
3. Chambers's encyclopædia by Chambers W. and R., ltd (1874)
"Fore-and-aft sails are the spanker or driver, extended by the gaff at its head,
boom at its foot, and mast on its fore-leech ; the staysails, which are ..."
4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"Two of these staysails, the fore-staysail and the jib, are common to most types
of l>oats referred to in this article. Some other types of sail not shown in ..."
5. The Naval Architect's and Shipbuilder's Pocket-book of Formulae, Rules, and by Clement Mackrow (1902)
"Topgallant sails, studding sails, flying jibs, royal staysails, Courses, ...
(Topsails, lower and topmast studding sails, spankers, jibs, \ upper staysails, ..."
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