mainsail
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mainsail (plural mainsails)
Synonyms edit
- main (“mainsail”)
Translations edit
largest sail on a sailing vessel
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References edit
- ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 9.62, page 268.