A studding sail, studsail or stunsail (traditionally pronounced stuns`l) is a sail used to increase the sail area of a square rigged vessel or 1950s racing skiffs in light winds. It is an extra sail hoisted alongside a square-rigged sail on an extension of its yardarm. It is named by prefixing the word studding to the name of the working sail alo....
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• A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail.
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Stud'ding sail` (Nautical) A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the
studding-sail boom . See
Illust. of
Sail .
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