main-topsail
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of main-topsail
First recorded in 1610–20
Example Sentences
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As it was, the fore trysail split with the report of a cannon, and the main-topsail, unable to stand the enormous strain, was torn from top to bottom.
From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by J. J. Smith
Fill your main-topsail, lads, and bring her to her course.”
From Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Harold Piffard
She was now close-hauled, and she began to thresh out to windward with a fearful bellowing of the wind out of the straining main-topsail.
From Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 by Various
At last her foreyard went in the slings, and her main-topsail in ribbons, and she righted.
From A Sailor of King George by A. Beckford Bevan
In getting under way, you will help loose the main-topsail.
From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Oliver Optic
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