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PRONUNCIATION OF MOONSAIL

moonsail  [ˈmuːnˌseɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOONSAIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Moonsail is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOONSAIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

moonsail

Moonraker (sail)

A moonraker, also known as a moonsail, hope-in-heaven, or hopesail, is a square sail flown immediately above a skysail on the royal masts of a square rigged sailing ship. None of the four- and five-masted square rigged ships carried a moonsail. The equivalent sail, if triangular, is called a skyscraper. Moonrakers are relatively unusual sails only used on ships built primarily for speed.

Definition of moonsail in the English dictionary

The definition of moonsail in the dictionary is a small sail carried high on the mast above the skysail and usually used for speed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOONSAIL


chevesaile
ˈtʃevəˌseɪl
fore-topsail
fɔːˈtɒpˌseɪl
foresail
ˈfɔːˌseɪl
forestaysail
fɔːˈsteɪˌseɪl
headsail
ˈhɛdˌseɪl
mainsail
ˈmeɪnˌseɪl
oversail
ˈəʊvəˌseɪl
oversale
ˈəʊvəˌseɪl
parasail
ˈpærəˌseɪl
resale
ˈriːˌseɪl
skysail
ˈskaɪˌseɪl
spritsail
ˈsprɪtˌseɪl
staysail
ˈsteɪˌseɪl
studdingsail
ˈstʌdɪŋˌseɪl
subsale
ˈsʌbˌseɪl
supersale
ˈsuːpərˌseɪl
topsail
ˈtɒpˌseɪl
trysail
ˈtraɪˌseɪl
wholesale
ˈhəʊlˌseɪl
windsail
ˈwɪndˌseɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOONSAIL

moonlit
moonphase
moonport
moonquake
moonraker
moonraking
moonrise
moonrock
moonscape
moonseed
moonset
moonshine
moonshiner
moonshining
moonshiny
moonship
moonshot
moonstone
moonstricken
moonstruck

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOONSAIL

assail
crowd on sail
fore and aft sail
full sail
in sail
lateen sail
lugsail
make sail
outsail
press of sail
reassail
resail
sail
set sail
solar sail
square sail
storm trysail
stunsail
under sail
wassail

Synonyms and antonyms of moonsail in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «moonsail» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOONSAIL

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The translations of moonsail from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «moonsail» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

moonsail
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

moonsail
570 millions of speakers

English

moonsail
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

moonsail
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

moonsail
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

moonsail
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

moonsail
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

moonsail
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

moonsail
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Moonsail
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

moonsail
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

moonsail
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

moonsail
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Moonsail
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

moonsail
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

moonsail
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चंद्रमा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

moonsail
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

moonsail
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

moonsail
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

moonsail
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

moonsail
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

moonsail
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

moonsail
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

moonsail
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

moonsail
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of moonsail

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOONSAIL»

The term «moonsail» is used very little and occupies the 182.797 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOONSAIL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about moonsail

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOONSAIL»

Discover the use of moonsail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to moonsail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Rudder
The Herzogin set 56,000 square feet of canvas ; the moonsail was 260 square feet. Yet we all felt very proud of our new sail as we realized that we were probably the only ship in the world, of our type, with such a kite. Square-riggers were a ...
Thomas Fleming Day, 1941
2
Journal of a Voyage Around the World: A Year on the Ship ...
We have an additional sail set today upon the mainmast — a moonsail — which few ever heard of & fewer ever saw — The main mast now is a perfect cloud of canvass with at this time eleven sails set upon it — If the mainsail were not hauled ...
Thomas Worthington King, Steven E. Kagle, 2003
3
The American Clipper Ship, 1845-1920: A Comprehensive ...
A mate on the clipper John Stuart, built in New York in 1851, later described his clipper's model and “said that above the sky-sail she carried a main moonsail and above that, con- secutively, a cloud-cleaner, a stargazer, a sky-scraper and an ...
Glenn A. Knoblock, 2014
4
The Fortune of the Indes
Inclusive of the moonsail, that which the Gloria has not." Jane drew nearer to peer at the lovely thing from every angle. She screwed herself into the corner and stooped to look at the careful fashioning of the taffrail at the stern. And there, on a  ...
Edith Ballinger Price, 2008
5
A Treatise Explanatory of a New System of Naval, Military ...
... 595 Main top gallant studding) sail — 596 Main royal studding) sail 597 Main sky sail studding) sail " 598 Mizzen royals 599 Mizzen moonsail — 600 Mizzen sky) sail 601 The) mizzen 602 Mizzen stay) sail 60S Mizzen top-mast stay) sail 604 ...
John Macdonald, 1817
6
Chronicle of the Horse
Mountain Valley Mist; 3. Farnley Nasser; 4. Morning Star. Welsh pleasure pony. English, div. B - 1 Olan Nant Muse: 2. Farnley Bowbell; 3. Olan Nant Octave, Pendleton Farm; 4. Southland's Moonsail, Kathy Oolec. Welsh pleasure model pony, ...
‎1974
7
The Mariner's Mirror
BARD'S MOONSAIL YARD Stanmore wide-sterned, sweet Cupica, tall hard. Queen in all harbours with her moon sail yard. Thus sang John Mascficld in Ships (1911), creating an image so powerful that there were old seamen (like W. E. ...
Leonard George Carr Laughton, Roger Charles Anderson, William Gordon Perrin, 1976
8
The lingua franca in the Levant: Turkish nautical terms of ...
224. *contracontreta (Venet.) 'moonsail (small sail carried above the skysail)'. kuntrakuntrata 'moonsail' (GD 261). The second element *contreta has also been borrowed by Turkish. * 1 See § 242. 225. *contracontrin (Venet.) 'moonsail (small  ...
Henry Romanos Kahane, Renée Kahane, Andreas Tietze, 1988
9
New chum
She had three skysails and a main moonsail. We watched her with leaping hearts , marvelling, and hoping that she would still be there when we could get to her; we all meant to reach that moonsail yard, so that we could say : "When the .... was  ...
John Masefield, 1944
10
The republic of letters: a selection in poetry and prose ...
When we came out of port, we had our dashy fair weather spars aloft, with skysail yards athwart, a moonsail to the main, and hoist enough for the broad blue to show itself to good advantage above that But before the pilot left us, our topgalkint ...
A. Whitelaw, 1833

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOONSAIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term moonsail is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Avonlea Village growing free
Joining mainstay stores Anne of Green Gables Chocolates and Anne of Green Gables Store are Moonsail Mercantile, Prestige Home and ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
2
Who sold what, published May 9, 2015
1237 Moonsail Ln $770,000 3-31-2015 1350 SF 2 BR Foster City 94404. 1320 Swordfish St $1,650,000 3-27-2015 2540 SF 5 BR Foster City ... «San Jose Mercury News, May 15»
3
Police Blotter: Female reports being grabbed from behind by man on …
Beach Park Boulevard and Moonsail Lane, 8:33 a.m. Tuesday An officer contacted a female who fell on the pedway, made sure she was OK ... «San Jose Mercury News, Apr 15»
4
Moonsail North charts course to Okemos MARC
Two seasoned storytellers with a mindset toward community have set sail to help businesses and organizations build effective and ... «Capital Gains, Apr 15»
5
Midlands area home sales, March 15
760 Moonsail Circle , 29036 from Mungo Homes Inc. to Lynda K. Kessler, $306,480.05. 29016. 501 Golden Rod Court , from D.R. Horton Inc. to ... «The State, Mar 15»
6
Midlands area home sales, March 1
720 Moonsail Circle, from Mungo Homes Inc. dba Sovereign Homes LLC to Mauriece Joseph Lonergan, $299,900. 29063. 105 Lamson Drive ... «The State, Feb 15»
7
Midlands area home sales, November 23
756 Moonsail Circle , from Mungo Homes Inc. to David C. Mims Jr. and Heather M. Mims, $332,350. 29063. 213 Blue Mountain Drive , from ... «The State, Nov 14»
8
Police Blotter: Two koi fish reported stolen from frontyard pond
Moonsail Lane, 4:04 p.m. Saturday A resident received two suspicious calls that appeared to be scam attempts. East Hillsdale Boulevard and ... «San Jose Mercury News, May 14»
9
Police Blotter: Santa Clara cops arrest driver after second pursuit …
Moonsail Lane, 2:46 p.m. Sunday Camping equipment valued at $1,000 was stolen within the past two weeks from a garage. Woodside. «San Jose Mercury News, Feb 14»
10
Superstructs Arc-A-Teks
Kids can create two characters from each set simultaneously (Googie, an Earth character, loves skyscrapers; Moonsail, a Sea character, lives ... «ParentDish, Jan 11»

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