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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A nautical contraction of studdingsail.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Naut.) A contraction of studding sail.

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  • noun nautical studding sail

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  • (n): (Naut.) a studding sail. A light sail at the side of a principal square sail.

    January 7, 2009

  • See also studdingsail.

    January 7, 2009