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Mainsheet   Listen
noun
mainsheet  n.  (Naut.) One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.





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"Mainsheet" Quotes from Famous Books



... in mid-channel stopped her way, and the forward canvas was hauled down. A pull to windward on the mainsheet backed the big mainsail and drove the stern towards the dock, whereon a mob of naked brown men awaited the casting of shore lines. The starboard quarter grated against the piling, and the open stern windows overhung the stringpiece for a moment. ...
— Gold Out of Celebes • Aylward Edward Dingle


Words linked to "Mainsheet" :   seafaring, weather sheet, shroud, sailing, ship, sheet, futtock shroud, navigation, tack, line


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