Associations to the word «Staysail»

Wiktionary

STAYSAIL, noun. (nautical) A fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast.

Dictionary definition

STAYSAIL, noun. A fore-and-aft sail set on a stay (as between two masts).

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche