Mainsail - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmeɪnseɪl|
Brit.
|ˈmeɪnseɪl|
noun
- the lowermost sail on the mainmast
Extra examples
...the skipper ordered the crew to slack off the sheets on the mainsail...
She tightened the mainsail while holding the course (=travelling in the same direction as planned).
She should be a lumping boat, to judge by the size of her mainsail. (C. Russell)
Word forms
noun
singular: mainsail
plural: mainsails
singular: mainsail
plural: mainsails
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