Mainsail

What do we mean by mainsail?

The principal sail of a vessel. noun

A quadrilateral or triangular sail set from the after part of the mainmast on a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel. noun

A square sail set from the main yard on a square-rigged vessel. noun

In a square-rigged vessel, the sail bent to the main-yard; the main course: in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the large sail set on the after part of the mainmast. noun

Plural The square sails on the mainmast: they are the course, or mainsail proper, the lower and upper topsails, the topgallantsail and royal, and also a skysail if the ship is lofty. Men-of-war usually carry single topsails instead of a divided sail. noun

The principal sail in a ship or other vessel. noun

The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel. noun

The lowermost sail on the mainmast noun

The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel.

Words that are spelled similarly to mainsail:
mainsail, main sail, main-sail, maintain, gainsaid, moonsail, mainsails.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word mainsail:
foresail, staysail, jib, spinnaker, mizzen, topsail, spanker, gaff, bowsprit, luff, yawl, upwind, dacron, mainmast, downwind, ketch, mast, brigantine, rigged, rig, sail, seagoing, sloop, rigs, sails, batten, leech, bowman, trim, dinghy, tack, aft, genoa, rigging, fractional, rudder, boom, skipper, trimmed, cruising, sailing, cutter, brig, schooner, fore, bermuda, foam, cockpit, helm, yacht, boat, reef, simpler, hull, boats, vessel, wind, deck, vessels, foot, bow, sheet, carries, specified, efficient, beam, handle, controls, yard, sailed, racing, normally, fully, advantage, crew, increases, attached, forward, partners, shape, square, allows, reduce, consisted, edge, maintain, relatively, running, main, standard, effective, class, allow, larger, carried, entry, ship.

Words that rhyme with mainsail:
main sail, cocaine sale, grain sale, plain sail.

Adjectives that are often used to describe mainsail:
reefed, big, large, new, great, aft, huge, whole, full, headed, footed, small, old, triangular, lateen, lower, heavy, single, broad, furled, white, enormous, rigged, spare, double, mutton, bermudian, torn, battened, tall, larger, brown, smaller, loose, vast, serviceable, closereefed, dingy, delightful, pictorial, bigger, familiar, taut, burned, balanced, ragged, foot, trapezoidal, square, tattered, boom, boomed, reef, singlereefed, staysail, reduced, peaked, tarred, flat, menacing, wind, brailed, treble, magnificent, shortened, quadrilateral, forward, mainmast, sided, cut, unwieldy, grimy, soaked.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective mainsail:
haul.

Consonant match to mainsail:
moonsail, munsell, mansell, mansel, main sail, mancil.

Words that sound like mainsail:
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