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headsail

noun
/ˈhɛdˌsəl/

Etymology

From head + sail.

  1. inherited from *seglą✻
  2. inherited from *segl✻
  3. inherited from seġl
  4. inherited from saile
  5. compounded as headsail — “head + sail”

Definitions

  1. Any sail (of a sailing vessel) set forward of the foremost mast.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA