Diagonal spar supporting a sail Crossword Clue

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Diagonal spar supporting a sail Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SUPPORTING (adjective)
1. furnishing support and encouragement
2. capable of bearing a structural load
SUPPORTING (noun)
1. the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
DIAGONAL (noun)
1. a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
2. a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
DIAGONAL (adjective)
1. having an oblique or slanted direction
2. connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face

Hint 3: Anagram

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