stunsail
English
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[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstʌnsəl/
Noun
[edit]stunsail (plural stunsails)
- (nautical) studding sail
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 41”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- And, when running into more sufferable latitudes, the ship, with mild stun’sails spread, floated across the tranquil tropics […]