mainsail
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mainsail
- /ˈmeɪnseɪl/
- /ˈmeɪnsəl/
Where it comes from
From main + sail.
noun mainsails
- The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel. The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.]