SPINNAKER

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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