Usually means: Additional sail for increased speed.
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  1. studding sail: Merriam-Webster
  2. studding-sail, studding sail: Wordnik
  3. studding sail: Wiktionary
  4. Studding sail: Dictionary.com
  5. Studding sail: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Studding sail: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. Studding sail: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. studding-sail: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. studding sail: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Studding sail: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (Studding sail)

noun:  Alternative spelling of studdingsail [(nautical) A sail attached to the side of another in a square-rigged ship in order to increase the speed of the vessel.]

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