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HEADSAIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does headsail mean?
• HEADSAIL (noun)
The noun HEADSAIL has 1 sense:
1. any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
Familiarity information: HEADSAIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("headsail" is a kind of...):
canvas; canvass; sail; sheet (a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "headsail"):
spinnaker (a large and usually triangular headsail; carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind)
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