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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Studding sail

· Stud·ding sail · IPA
01 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 sp…
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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.(Naut.) See: Sail