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mainsail

/meyn-seyl; Nautical meyn-suhl/US // ˈmeɪnˌseɪl; Nautical ˈmeɪn səl //UK // (ˈmeɪnˌseɪl, nautical ˈmeɪnsəl) //

主帆,主风帆,主桅,主风帆

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Nautical.

    • : the lowermost sail on a mainmast.

Examples

  • What they saw was the yacht Eagle, not far from the bluff, under full mainsail, standing out of the cove.

  • Moreover, although she carried an enormous club-topsail and a mainsail of big area, she heeled over the least of any of the boats.

  • Then he proceeded to untie the stops in the mainsail, and was thus engaged when a voice hailed him from the shore.

  • The size of the jib is also influenced by the fact that it has to balance the equally enormous mainsail.

  • In reefing the mainsail is accessible, and the absence of the long boom of the cat-boat is readily appreciated.