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main⋅sheet

[meyn-sheet]
–noun Nautical.
a sheet of a mainsail.

Origin:
1475–85; see main 1 , sheet 1
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main·sheet   (mān'shēt')   
n.  The rope that controls the angle at which a mainsail is trimmed and set.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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