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studding-sail (iou)



studding-sail noun. M16.
[Origin of 1st elem. uncertain: perh. from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stotinge, from stoten thrust (Dutch stooten) cogn. with Old Saxon stotan, Old High German stoan (German stossen), Gothic stautan.]
A sail set on a small extra yard and boom beyond the leech of a square sail in light winds. Also called stunsail.