MAINSAILS

Noun

mainsails

plural of mainsail

Source: Wiktionary


MAINSAIL

Main"sail`, n. (Naut.)

Definition: The principal sail in a ship or other vessel. [They] hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40.

Note: The mainsail of a ship is extended upon a yard attached to the mainmast, and that of a sloop or schooner upon the boom.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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