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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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Staysail 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..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use staysail where its definition matches the intended context.
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