mainsail

[ meyn-seyl; Nautical meyn-suhl ]

/ ˈmeɪnˌseɪl; Nautical ˈmeɪn səl /

noun Nautical.

the lowermost sail on a mainmast.

Origin of mainsail

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at main¹, sail

Words nearby mainsail

main memory, mainour, main plane, main royal mast, mains, mainsail, main sequence, main shaft, mainsheet, mainspring, main squeeze

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Example sentences from the Web for mainsail

She was under jib and mainsail only, but the breeze was fresh and she was travelling at a great rate.
The Ebbing Of The Tide|Louis Becke
The mainsail and jib went up with rapid jerks while the rings rattled their protest.
'Smiles'|Eliot H. Robinson
The mainsail closed up several points, the Ninety-Nine slackened her pace and edged in closer to the land.
Romany of the Snows|Gilbert Parker
And hoisting up the mainsail to the wind, they made towards shore.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

It broke aboard, right into the mainsail, cleared the deck, and hove the smack on her beam-ends.
Personal Reminiscences in Book Making|R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for mainsail

mainsail

/ (ˈmeɪnˌseɪl, nautical ˈmeɪnsəl) /

noun

nautical the largest and lowermost sail on the mainmast

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单词	mainsail
释义	mainsail [ meyn-seyl; Nautical meyn-suhl ] / ˈmeɪnˌseɪl; Nautical ˈmeɪn səl / noun Nautical. the lowermost sail on a mainmast. Origin of mainsail late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at main¹, sail Words nearby mainsail main memory, mainour, main plane, main royal mast, mains, mainsail, main sequence, main shaft, mainsheet, mainspring, main squeeze Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mainsail She was under jib and mainsail only, but the breeze was fresh and she was travelling at a great rate. The Ebbing Of The Tide\|Louis Becke The mainsail and jib went up with rapid jerks while the rings rattled their protest. 'Smiles'\|Eliot H. Robinson The mainsail closed up several points, the Ninety-Nine slackened her pace and edged in closer to the land. Romany of the Snows\|Gilbert Parker And hoisting up the mainsail to the wind, they made towards shore. The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version\|Various It broke aboard, right into the mainsail, cleared the deck, and hove the smack on her beam-ends. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making\|R.M. Ballantyne British Dictionary definitions for mainsail mainsail / (ˈmeɪnˌseɪl, nautical ˈmeɪnsəl) / noun nautical the largest and lowermost sail on the mainmast Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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