单词 | stunsail |
释义 | stunsail Naut.|ˈstʌns(ə)l| Also stu'n-sail, stun'-sail, stunsel. Contraction, representing the ordinary pronunciation, of studding-sail.
1762Falconer Shipwr. i. 225 Now swelling stu'n-sails on each side extend. 1863Reade Hard Cash I. xi. 267 All hands set stunsels 'low and aloft! 1913M. Roberts Salt of the Sea ix. 216 His ears [were] large and outstanding, like a couple of stunsails. attrib.1825H. B. Gascoigne Nav. Fame 49 The Stunsail Booms they raise. 1850H. Melville White Jacket xlv, I..was ordered to reeve anew the stun'-sail-halyards. |

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