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main·sail
/ˈmenˌsel, ˈmen(t)səl/
大桅的帆,主帆,大桅帆
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
mainsail
n
:
the
lowermost
sail
on
the
mainmast
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Main-sail
(
Gr
.
artemon
),
answering
to
the
modern
"
mizzen-sail
,"
as
some
suppose
.
Others
understand
the
"
jib
,"
near
the
prow
,
or
the
"
fore-sail
,"
as
likely
to
be
most
useful
in
bringing
a
ship's
head
to
the
wind
in
the
circumstances
described
(
Acts
27:40).
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