skysailn.

Brit.

/ˈskʌɪseɪl/, U.S.

/ˈskaɪˌseɪl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sky n.¹, sail n.¹

Etymology: < sky n.¹ + sail n.¹ Compare earlier skyscraper n. 1.

Nautical.

A light sail set above the royal sail on a square-rigged ship.Recorded earliest in skysail mast at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > skysail

skyscraper1791

skysail1807

skygazer1867

1807 Let. 23 June in State Papers & Publick Documents U.S. (1815) 241 Main skysail mast cut in two.

1815 Inventory Cyane 20 Apr. in Valuation Ships Captured (1816) in Amer. State Papers: Naval Affairs (14th Congr., 1st Sess.) I. 418/2 1 main skysail.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast x. 80 The sun came up bright, and we set royals, sky-sails, and studding-sails.

1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 230 She was a full-rigged ship, carrying three skysails.

1951 W. McFee Law of Sea xii. 176 The wind dropped, so skysails and royal skysails were set.

2010 Wizzit Sept. 14/1 The word ‘skyscraper’ originally was a nautical term referring to a small triangular sail set above the skysail on a sailing ship.

Compounds

General attributive and parasynthetic as skysail mast, skysail pole, skysail yard, etc.

ΚΠ

1807 Let. 23 June in State Papers & Publick Documents U.S. (1815) 241 Main skysail mast cut in two.

1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 284 Either of these poles gets the name of the skysail pole.

1885 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 8/5 When you speak of skysail poles you are talking of a length of mast continued above the royal mast, upon which a skysail-yard may be crossed.

1911 J. London Let. 17 Dec. (1966) 357 I am shortly departing for New York..to take passage on a four-masted, skysail-yarder.

1972 Motor Boating & Sailing Nov. 69/1 Working a skysail halyard..is a problem in itself.

1994 T. Lenfestey Sailor's Illustr. Dict. (2001) 425/1 Skysail-pole, the upper extremities of the mast above the skysail.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	skysail
释义	skysailn. Brit. /ˈskʌɪseɪl/, U.S. /ˈskaɪˌseɪl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sky n.¹, sail n.¹ Etymology: < sky n.¹ + sail n.¹ Compare earlier skyscraper n. 1. Nautical. A light sail set above the royal sail on a square-rigged ship.Recorded earliest in skysail mast at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > skysail skyscraper1791 skysail1807 skygazer1867 1807 Let. 23 June in State Papers & Publick Documents U.S. (1815) 241 Main skysail mast cut in two. 1815 Inventory Cyane 20 Apr. in Valuation Ships Captured (1816) in Amer. State Papers: Naval Affairs (14th Congr., 1st Sess.) I. 418/2 1 main skysail. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast x. 80 The sun came up bright, and we set royals, sky-sails, and studding-sails. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 230 She was a full-rigged ship, carrying three skysails. 1951 W. McFee Law of Sea xii. 176 The wind dropped, so skysails and royal skysails were set. 2010 Wizzit Sept. 14/1 The word ‘skyscraper’ originally was a nautical term referring to a small triangular sail set above the skysail on a sailing ship. Compounds General attributive and parasynthetic as skysail mast, skysail pole, skysail yard, etc. ΚΠ 1807 Let. 23 June in State Papers & Publick Documents U.S. (1815) 241 Main skysail mast cut in two. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 284 Either of these poles gets the name of the skysail pole. 1885 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 8/5 When you speak of skysail poles you are talking of a length of mast continued above the royal mast, upon which a skysail-yard may be crossed. 1911 J. London Let. 17 Dec. (1966) 357 I am shortly departing for New York..to take passage on a four-masted, skysail-yarder. 1972 Motor Boating & Sailing Nov. 69/1 Working a skysail halyard..is a problem in itself. 1994 T. Lenfestey Sailor's Illustr. Dict. (2001) 425/1 Skysail-pole, the upper extremities of the mast above the skysail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1807
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