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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 vesselplay

  Familiarity information: HEADSAIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEADSAIL (noun)


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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