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MAIN-TOPSAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does main-topsail mean? 

MAIN-TOPSAIL (noun)
  The noun MAIN-TOPSAIL has 1 sense:

1. a topsail set on the mainmastplay

  Familiarity information: MAIN-TOPSAIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAIN-TOPSAIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A topsail set on the mainmast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("main-topsail" is a kind of...):

canvas; canvass; sail; sheet (a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel)


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