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main yard
noun
, Nautical.
- a yard for a square mainsail.
main yard
noun
- nautical a yard for a square mainsail
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Word History and Origins
Origin of main yard1
First recorded in 1475–85
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Example Sentences
Her main-yard had lost one yard-arm, and her lower rigging and sides were covered with wreck.
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His main-yard had been cracked and fished last voyage, so he had suspicions of us, seeing that ours was whole.
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Lay up on that main yard and furl the sail, before it blows to tatters!
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Morbleu, non, said one, I am as dry as the main yard of the Trinity.
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They were passing between the main and mizzen rigging at a level slightly lower than that of the main yard.
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