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MAIN YARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does main yard mean?
• MAIN YARD (noun)
The noun MAIN YARD has 1 sense:
1. yard for a square mainsail
Familiarity information: MAIN YARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Yard for a square mainsail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("main yard" is a kind of...):
yard (a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen)
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