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staysail

English

Etymology

stay +? sail

Noun

staysail (plural staysails)

  1. (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.

Translations

Anagrams

  • talisays

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genoa

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?d?enou?/, /?d?eni/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /?d?en???/, /?d?eni/

Noun

genoa (plural genoas)

  1. (nautical) A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast.
  2. Genoa cake

Translations

Anagrams

  • Ganoe, Genao, Onega, agone

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

genoa m (definite singular genoaen, indefinite plural genoaer, definite plural genoaene)

  1. (nautical, sailing) a genoa (type of foresail)

Usage notes

Seemingly also spelt genua, as in Danish.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

genoa m (definite singular genoaen) (uncertain of plural forms, possibly same as Bokmål)

  1. (nautical, sailing) a genoa (type of foresail)

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