Crossword-Solution: STUNSAIL 8 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

She was rolling heavily, so much so indeed that we more than once saw her dip her stunsail-boom-ends alternately on the port and starboard sides into the water.

The frigate rushed foaming past our stern, so closely that the surge from her port bow dashed in over our taffrail, and the leach of her lower stunsail, catching the head of our mizzen- mast, buckled the spar until the port shrouds parted, when, luckily for us, _crack_ went her stunsail-boom and her lower and fore-topmast stunsail began to thrash about so wildly, that they promised to give her crew their hands full to get in the sails without injury to any of the men.

Didn't he say nothing about no orders?" "No, Joe." "Didn't he say nothing about hysting another stunsail or two?" "No, Joe." "Oh-h-h!" came in a groan from the men; and Rodd felt for them, for of late they had become more and more attached to their position, and seemed as happy as a pack of school-boys on board the beautiful little schooner.

Bob felt horribly uncomfortable, for a moment, as the shot hummed overhead; cutting one of the stunsail booms in two, and making five fresh holes in the sails.

Found the wind slight but for the first time quite fair in a due east, all the sails squared and also the stunsail out.