mainyard
English
Noun
mainyard (plural mainyards)
- (sailing) The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung
- 1880, John Nichol, Byron:
- The sails were split, the mainyard shivered, the wind blowing fresh, the night setting in; and all our chance was to make for Corfu--or, as F. pathetically called it, 'a watery grave.'
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Translations
the yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung
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