mainsheet

/meyn-sheet/US // ˈmeɪnˌʃit //UK // (ˈmeɪnˌʃiːt) //

主桅杆,主帆,主帆板,主缆绳

Definitions

n.名词 noun

If she steers hard trim your mainsheet aft and it will ease her.
Seaport towns are full of mainsheet-men; they hop upon one leg, my son, what's left of them, and the rest are dead.
The Ghost swung around into the wind, and I finished my work forward in time to run aft and lend a hand with the mainsheet.
Louise hastily shifted to the opposite side as a counter-balance, and in so doing, released the mainsheet.
He fancied he cried out in warning, but was never sure of it, though three men came running to seize the mainsheet.