main-topsail

[ meyn-top-seyl; Nautical meyn-top-suhl ]

/ ˌmeɪnˈtɒpˌseɪl; Nautical ˌmeɪnˈtɒp səl /

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noun Nautical.

a topsail set on the mainmast.

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Origin of main-topsail

First recorded in 1610–20

Words nearby main-topsail

Maintenon, maintop, main-topgallant, main-topgallantmast, main-topmast, main-topsail, main-topsail schooner, main verb, main yard, Mainz, Mainz Psalter

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How to use main-topsail in a sentence

Flesh encircled him at the main pool of the Paradise Hotel and Residences at Boca.
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At the same time, the heaviest parts—the main fuselage, the engines and wings—sink to the bottom.
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Sometimes, they had a backup aim if their main goal fell through as the night dragged on.
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A second main division of our schooling was mathematical instruction of a sort.
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To-day I have stood in the main battery which has fired a shot establishing, in its way, a record in the annals of destruction.
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The main entrance is in the centre of the St. Martin's Lane front, and consists of a central roadway for carts and wagons, 15ft.
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The percentage of gold to the notes—the main demand liability—has, of course, fallen from about 65 to 35 per cent.
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When a leaf is so young that it wraps itself around the main stalk it's useless to try to turn it over.
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British Dictionary definitions for main-topsail

maintopsail

/ (ˌmeɪnˈtɒpseɪl, nautical ˌmeɪnˈtɒpsəl) /

noun

nautical a topsail set on the mainmast

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