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Large and usually triangular headsail
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spinnaker
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Word definitions for spinnaker in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spinnaker \Spin"na*ker\, n. (Naut.) A large triangular sail set upon a boom, -- used when running before the wind.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) A supplemental sail to the main sail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As the sail whipped free of the masthead, he leaped back into the cockpit to loose the spinnaker sheets. ▪ Coaching on trapeze and spinnaker handling completes the package. ▪ He gathered in the tarpaulin as a yachtsman might ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
SpiNNaker ( Spi king N eural N etwork A rchitecture) is a manycore computer architecture designed by the Advanced Processor Technologies Research Group (APT) at the School of Computer Science, University of Manchester , led by Steve Furber , to simulate ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"large triangular sail," 1866, either a derivative of spin in the sense of "go rapidly" or a corrupt pronunciation of Sphinx , which was the name of the first yacht known to carry this type of sail.
Usage examples of spinnaker.
Near the window the poet had bound Soli to the bole of a spinnaker tree.
There were no more squalls, naught but fine weather, a fair wind, and a whirling log, with sheets slacked off and with spinnaker and mainsail swaying and bellying on either side.
Once beyond the end of the jetty the mast sails extruded their taut triangular expanses, and then, as the wind was from behind, the crew set a big blue kite spinnaker out front.
Ray, the linguist, listened to and memorized words like spinnaker, mast, bow, stern, aft, tiller, halyard winches, masthead fittings, shrouds, lifelines, stanchions, sheet winch, bow pulpit, coamings, transom, clew outhaul, genoa sheets, mainsail, jib, jibstays, jib sheets, cam cleats and boom vangs.
If it ties in with SPINNAKER, well, maybe there's been some creative accounting on the part of the Soviet Army.
The wind was inflating his shirt like a spinnaker and his face was pinched with the pain of the icy gusts.