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(nautical) A fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast..
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Stay sail means (nautical) A fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use stay sail where its definition matches the intended context.
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