[Of obscure etymology: see STUDDING-SAIL.] = STUDDING-SAIL.
18[?]. Falconer’s Shipwr., I. 732 (1836). Now swelling stud sails [1762, 1789, 1792 stu’n-sails] on each side extend.
1851. B’ham. & Midl. Gardeners’ Mag., Oct., 192. With only a flying stud sail of green boughs at the end of it.
1857. Merc. Marine Mag. (1858), V. 9. In stud-sails and all small sails.
