skysail

skysail
/skuy"sayl'/; Naut. /skuy"seuhl/, n. Naut.
1. (in a square-rigged vessel) a light square sail next above the royal. See diag. under ship.
2. a triangular sail set on a stay between the fore and main trucks of a racing schooner.
[1820-30; SKY + SAIL]

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