spinnakern.

Brit.

/ˈspɪnəkə/, U.S.

/ˈspɪnəkər/

Forms: Also spinniker.

Etymology: Said to have been a fanciful formation on spinx, mispronunciation of Sphinx, the name of the first yacht which commonly carried the sail.

A large three-cornered sail carried by racing-yachts, boomed out at right angles to the vessel's side, opposite to the mainsail, and used in running before the wind. Also carried on other sailing vessels. Also attributive.

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

ballooner1863

balloon foresail1864

spinnaker1866

balloon sail1872

1866 Yachting Cal. & Rev. Aug. 84 The Sphinx [set] a ‘spinniker’, a kind of large balloon jib extending from the topmast head to the deck, and before the wind a most powerful drawing sail.

1869 Hunt's Yachting Mag. June 266 Eva sent up her spinnaker boom in lieu of a topmast.

1869 Hunt's Yachting Mag. Oct. 450 Rosebud's crew especially deserve great credit for their smartness in handling their troublesome customer, i.e. the spinnaker.

1886 R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log 89 The rig of the sailing-boats looks like a conglomeration of spinnakers.

1912 E. K. Chatterton Fore & Aft vii. 233 She [sc. a Thames barge] has all her canvas tanned with the exception of her jib staysail, which her skipper calls a ‘spinnaker’.

1925 H. W. Smyth Sea-wake 179 The spinnaker hand, young and unspoiled in eye or thought, kept looking round him.

1925 H. W. Smyth Sea-wake 191 ‘Hooroo,’ began the spinnaker man, and no one interrupted him now; he had done the best day's spinnaker work of his life.

1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 168/1 Large jibs on English coast craft are sometimes called spinnakers.

1949 Sun (Baltimore) 9 Aug. 8/5 The big China-built cutter..carried a huge sky-blue Nylon spinnaker across the finish line.

1959 Yachting World Annual 9/2 Columbia's combination of a small, flat spinnaker and small short~luffed spinnaker staysail seemed to be pulling more effectively.

1963 G. Millar Oyster River 60 We put the nine-foot dinghy in the river (easily done with a short boom fitted into a spinnaker cup set low on the aft side of the mainmast).

1967 J. Howard-Williams Sails xii. 164 The spinnaker-staysail..sets under the spinnaker on a reach, in order to fill a slight gap forward.

1972 Sail May 100 A typical low aspect ratio spinnaker staysail.

figurative.1957 R. Campbell Coll. Poems II. 253 The spring with rosy spinnaker outfanned Comes curling silver fleeces through the land.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spinnaker
释义	spinnakern. Brit. /ˈspɪnəkə/, U.S. /ˈspɪnəkər/ Forms: Also spinniker. Etymology: Said to have been a fanciful formation on spinx, mispronunciation of Sphinx, the name of the first yacht which commonly carried the sail. A large three-cornered sail carried by racing-yachts, boomed out at right angles to the vessel's side, opposite to the mainsail, and used in running before the wind. Also carried on other sailing vessels. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > spinnaker or balloon sail ballooner1863 balloon foresail1864 spinnaker1866 balloon sail1872 1866 Yachting Cal. & Rev. Aug. 84 The Sphinx [set] a ‘spinniker’, a kind of large balloon jib extending from the topmast head to the deck, and before the wind a most powerful drawing sail. 1869 Hunt's Yachting Mag. June 266 Eva sent up her spinnaker boom in lieu of a topmast. 1869 Hunt's Yachting Mag. Oct. 450 Rosebud's crew especially deserve great credit for their smartness in handling their troublesome customer, i.e. the spinnaker. 1886 R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log 89 The rig of the sailing-boats looks like a conglomeration of spinnakers. 1912 E. K. Chatterton Fore & Aft vii. 233 She [sc. a Thames barge] has all her canvas tanned with the exception of her jib staysail, which her skipper calls a ‘spinnaker’. 1925 H. W. Smyth Sea-wake 179 The spinnaker hand, young and unspoiled in eye or thought, kept looking round him. 1925 H. W. Smyth Sea-wake 191 ‘Hooroo,’ began the spinnaker man, and no one interrupted him now; he had done the best day's spinnaker work of his life. 1927 G. Bradford Gloss. Sea Terms 168/1 Large jibs on English coast craft are sometimes called spinnakers. 1949 Sun (Baltimore) 9 Aug. 8/5 The big China-built cutter..carried a huge sky-blue Nylon spinnaker across the finish line. 1959 Yachting World Annual 9/2 Columbia's combination of a small, flat spinnaker and small short~luffed spinnaker staysail seemed to be pulling more effectively. 1963 G. Millar Oyster River 60 We put the nine-foot dinghy in the river (easily done with a short boom fitted into a spinnaker cup set low on the aft side of the mainmast). 1967 J. Howard-Williams Sails xii. 164 The spinnaker-staysail..sets under the spinnaker on a reach, in order to fill a slight gap forward. 1972 Sail May 100 A typical low aspect ratio spinnaker staysail. figurative.1957 R. Campbell Coll. Poems II. 253 The spring with rosy spinnaker outfanned Comes curling silver fleeces through the land. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866
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