SPINNAKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spinnaker mean? 

• SPINNAKER (noun)
  The noun SPINNAKER has 1 sense:

1. a large and usually triangular headsail; carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPINNAKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large and usually triangular headsail; carried by a yacht as a headsail when running before the wind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("spinnaker" is a kind of...):

headsail (any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel)