studdingsail


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
studdingsail /ˈstʌns(ə)l/
noun an additional sail on a square-rigged sailing ship, set at the end of a yard in light winds.
– origin C16: studding perh. from Mid. Low Ger., MDu. stōtinge ‘a thrusting’.
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