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mainsail definition

main·sail (mān′sāl′; naut., -səl)

noun

  1. in a square-rigged vessel, the sail set from the main yard
  2. in a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel, the large sail set from the after side of the mainmast

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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