mains'l

English

Noun

mains'l (plural mains'ls)

1. (nautical, colloquial) A mainsail.
   • 1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC:

     Bend, oh, bend your mains'l, we're back to Yankeeland