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mainsail

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mainsail  \Main"sail`\,  n.  (Naut.) 
  The  principal  sail  in  a  ship  or  other  vessel. 
 
  [They]  hoised  up  the  mainsail  to  the  wind.  --  Acts 
  xxvii.  40. 
 
  Note:  The  mainsail  of  a  ship  is  extended  upon  a  yard  attached 
  to  the  mainmast,  and  that  of  a  sloop  or  schooner  upon 
  the  boom. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mainsail 
  n  :  the  lowermost  sail  on  the  mainmast 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  MAINSAIL 
 
  MAchine  INdependent  SAIL.  From  XIDAK  Palo  Alto  CA  (415) 
  855-9271. 
 
 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Main-sail 
  (Gr.  artemon),  answering  to  the  modern  "mizzen-sail,"  as  some 
  suppose.  Others  understand  the  "jib,"  near  the  prow,  or  the 
  "fore-sail,"  as  likely  to  be  most  useful  in  bringing  a  ship's 
  head  to  the  wind  in  the  circumstances  described  (Acts  27:40). 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  MAINSAIL 
  MAchine  INdependent  SAIL  (SAIL)




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