mainsail

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mainsail

  • /ˈmeɪnseɪl/
  • /ˈmeɪnsəl/

Where it comes from

From main + sail.

noun mainsails

  1. The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel. The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.]

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