Word: ringsail
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ring
sail
Definition: A light sail set abaft and beyond the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail.
Morphemes:
Affix: ring
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the graduated inner surface opposite.
Affix: sail
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.