Spinnaker Definition

spĭnə-kər
spinnakers
noun
A large, triangular, baggy headsail set on a boom, used on some racing yachts when running before the wind.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Spinnaker

Noun

Singular:
spinnaker
Plural:
spinnakers

Origin of Spinnaker

  • Perhaps ultimately from Sphinx name of the first yacht to use such a sail or spin to move rapidly (variant of Scots spene to run before the wind spindrift)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Spinnaker Sentence Examples

  • The spinnaker was immediately dropped, the staysail furled and the starboard daggerboard lowered.

  • There was split decision about using the spinnaker on the reach.

  • Of course if you have a spinnaker in the chute it stops the water getting in!

  • We put a spinnaker on, and it got quite windy and the waves got big.

  • Laser 3000 Association website RS 400 A 4.5 meter high performance boat with the excitement of the asymmetric spinnaker.

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Words Starting With

SSPSPI

Words Ending With

RERKER

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