queen staysail
Nautical
noun
A triangular maintopmast staysail in a schooner yacht.
- The sail was apparently first designed by Capt. Nat Herreshoff (1848–1938) for his 1906 racing schooner ‘Queen’..
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in The New York Times.
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