Mainsheet

Word MAINSHEET
Character 9
Hyphenation main sheet
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Definitions and meanings of "Mainsheet"

What do we mean by mainsheet?

The rope that controls the angle at which a mainsail is trimmed and set. noun

The sheet or rope used for securing the mainsail when set. See sheet. noun

Plural Collectively, all the sheets of the square sails on the mainmast, but especially the sheets which belong to the main course. noun

In Jamaica, weak rum and water. noun

One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed. noun

The rope connected to and controlling the mainsail. noun

(nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind noun

The rope connected to and controlling the mainsail.

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The word "mainsheet" in example sentences

The mainsheet is a multiple-part block and tackle used to increase an individual’s pulling power. ❋ Gary Jobson (1998)

He knew already the empty windiness of its threats, but he was careful of the mainsheet blocks, and walked around the traveller instead of over it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

With clenched teeth sat the boat-steerer, grasping the steering oar firmly with both hands, his restless eyes on the alert -- a glance at the schooner ahead, as we rose on a sea, another at the mainsheet, and then one astern where the dark ripple of the wind on the water told him of a coming puff or a large white-cap that threatened to overwhelm us. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Tell him to slack off the mainsheet, and before you know it, he'd drop the peak. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Ghost swung around into the wind, and I finished my work forward in time to run aft and lend a hand with the mainsheet. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But he was deflected by the crash of the mainsheet blocks on the stout deck-traveller, as the mainsail, emptied of the wind and feeling the wind on the other side, swung crazily across above him. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He trotted across the level deck to Skipper, who, standing erect on wide-spread legs, the bight of the mainsheet still in his hand, was exclaiming: ❋ Unknown (2010)

This necessitated frequent tacks, so that, overhead, the mainsail was ever swooping across from port tack to starboard tack and back again, making air-noises like the swish of wings, sharply rat-tat-tatting its reef points and loudly crashing its mainsheet gear along the traveller. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Jump! he could hear Skipper shouting loudly; also he heard the high note of the mainsheet screaming across the sheaves as Van Horn, bending braces in the dark, was swiftly slacking the sheet through his scorching palms with a single turn on the cleat. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The good news is that I was able to fix the little problem with the mainsheet block easily. ❋ Jessica Watson (2010)

I was stuck in the cabin listening to the constant slap of the mainsheet against the boom. ❋ Jessica Watson (2010)

Dalton, who learned to sail as a boy at the Jersey Shore, said that many of his hedge-fund clients were handy with a mainsheet. ❋ Unknown (2007)

When Jerome tied it down, Pepper pulled in the oars and took the tiller with the mainsheet in his hand. ❋ Unknown (2006)

John let the sails out with his good hand controlling the mainsheet, his hook on the tiller, and Lucita slowed. ❋ Unknown (2006)

When tacking, changing sides of the boat can be hard if you are handling both mainsheet and tiller. ❋ Gary Jobson (1998)

As you change sides, bring the hand holding the mainsheet back to the tiller behind you, keeping the mainsheet in that hand. ❋ Gary Jobson (1998)

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