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English
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]spinnaker (plural spinnakers)
- (nautical) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind.
- Synonym: spinney
Derived terms
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[edit]sail
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Verb
[edit]spinnaker (third-person singular simple present spinnakers, present participle spinnakering, simple past and past participle spinnakered)
- (nautical) To sail using a spinnaker
- 1995, Tom Linskey, Race Winning Strategies:
- On the port tack layline , you're defenseless against starboard tackers — you have to dip them , no matter how much you may lose doing it — and the wind shadow of boats spinnakering away from the mark can cost you plenty.
- 2010, Pete Goss, Close to the Wind:
- We spinnakered out into the Atlantic and, fortunately, the wind died as night fell.
Further reading
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
[edit]spinnaker m (plural spinnakers)
Further reading
[edit]- “spinnaker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English spinnaker.
Noun
[edit]spinnaker m
Synonyms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]spinnaker m (definite singular spinnakeren, indefinite plural spinnakere, definite plural spinnakerne)
References
[edit]- “spinnaker” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]spinnaker m (definite singular spinnakeren, indefinite plural spinnakerar, definite plural spinnakerane)
References
[edit]- “spinnaker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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