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The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.

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  1. n. The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.
  2. n. the lowermost sail on the mainmast
  3. 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.
  4. The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.[They] hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40.
  5. n:100 n. the lowermost sail on the mainmast