main course
noun
Nautical. a square mainsail.
the principal dish or course of a meal, typically including meat or fish.
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Origin of main course
First recorded in 1505–15
Words nearby main course
Mainbocher, main body, main brace, main chance, main clause, main course, main deck, main diagonal, main drag, Maine, Maine Coon
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Example sentences from the Web for main course
Towards midnight of the 20th June, the wind increased so much, that we had to lay our ship a-try all night under her main-course.
The jib and flying jib were also taken in, and a little later the main-course and the mizzen-course.
At the Fall of Port Arthur|Edward Stratemeyer
British Dictionary definitions for main course
main course
noun
the principal dish of a meal
nautical a square mainsail
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