About The Word Mainsail
Learn about the word Mainsail to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Mainsail definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Mainsail
| Mainsail Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Mainsail?
[n] the lowermost sail on the mainmast
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mainsail: Related Terms | Find terms related to Mainsail: See Also | canvas | canvass | main course | sail | sheet Mainsail In Webster's Dictionary \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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Untactful ‐ lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate…
- Three-fourths ‐ three of four equal parts; "three-fourths…
- Triclinic ‐ (crystallography) having three unequal crystal axes intersecting…
- Hydrolith ‐ a salt-like binary compound (CaH2) used as a reducing agent and…
- Whip snake ‐ any of several fast-moving North American snakes with long whiplike…
- Good(p) ‐ feeling healthy and free of aches and pains; "I…
- Tic ‐ a local and habitual twitching especially…
- Field line ‐ an imaginary line in a field of force; direction of the line…
- Impale ‐ pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"…
- Charles louis de secondat ‐ French political philosopher who advocated the separation of…