noun🔗ShareStagsegelA fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast."The captain ordered the crew to hoist the staysails to improve the sailboat's performance in the strong headwind. "Der Kapitän befahl der Mannschaft, die Stagsegel zu hissen, um die Leistung des Segelbootes bei starkem Gegenwind zu verbessern.nauticalsailingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading