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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈspɪnəkə/
• (米国発音) enPR: spĭn'ə-kər, IPA: /ˈspɪnəkɚ/

名詞

spinnaker (plural spinnakers)

1. (nautical, sailing) A sail supplemental to the mainsail, especially a triangular one, used on yachts for running before the wind.

   Synonym: spinney

派生語

動詞

spinnaker (third-person singular simple present spinnakers, present participle spinnakering, simple past and past participle spinnakered)

1. (nautical, sailing) To sail using a spinnaker
   • 1995, Tom Linskey, Race Winning Strategies:

     On the port tack layline , you're defenseless against starboard tackers — you have to dip them , no matter how much you may lose doing it — and the wind shadow of boats spinnakering away from the mark can cost you plenty.

   • 2010, Pete Goss, Close to the Wind:

     We spinnakered out into the Atlantic and, fortunately, the wind died as night fell.

Further reading

• spinnaker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia