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main-topsail
[ meyn-top-seyl; Nautical meyn-top-suhl ]
noun
, Nautical.
- a topsail set on the mainmast.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of main-topsail1
First recorded in 1610–20
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Example Sentences
Captain Packenham was not a man to run away from either one or the other, so we backed our main-topsail, and lay-to for them.
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The main-topgallantsail was let fly, the main-topsail brailed up so as to take the strain off the yard.
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Fill the main-topsail,” cried I. “Up with your helm, my man, and let her gather way.
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One awful morning in November, 1864, the vessel was hove-to under close-reefed main topsail.
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After the tackling was prepared and in good working order, it took me the greater part of a day to hoist the main topsail.
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