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main-topsail Naut.|meɪnˈtɒpseɪl, -s(ə)l|
[See main a. 10.]
The sail above the mainsail.
1618News of Rauleigh (1844) 16 If the Maister..bid heaue out the maine Top-saile. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. v. 170 The weather proved squally, and we split our maintop-sail. 1884Pae Eustace 137 Her main topsail is shivering.
b. attrib., as main-topsail bowline, main-topsail brace, main-topsail halyard, main-topsail rigging, main-topsail sheet, main-topsail tye, main-topsail yard.
1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 12 The maine top sayle yeard. Ibid. 14 The maine top sayle hallyards,..the maine top sayle sheats,.. the maine top sayle braces. Ibid. 15 The maine top sayle bowlin. 1800Asiat. Ann. Reg., Chron. 66/1 Our maintop-sail tye was shot away. 1813Examiner 26 Apr. 261/2 The [American frigate] Constitution suffered severely,.. having.. both maintopsail-yards..badly shot. 1854Mrs. Gaskell North & S. xiv, Some sailors being aloft in the maintopsail rigging. |