main yard

nounNautical.

a yard for a square mainsail.

Origin of main yard

First recorded in 1475–85

Words Nearby main yard

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How to use main yard in a sentence

Her main-yard had lost one yard-arm, and her lower rigging and sides were covered with wreck.
Miles Wallingford | James Fenimore Cooper
His main-yard had been cracked and fished last voyage, so he had suspicions of us, seeing that ours was whole.
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey | A. Conan Doyle
Lay up on that main yard and furl the sail, before it blows to tatters!
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index | Various
Morbleu, non, said one, I am as dry as the main yard of the Trinity.
In Search of Mademoiselle | George Gibbs
They were passing between the main and mizzen rigging at a level slightly lower than that of the main yard.
Boy Scouts in the North Sea | G. Harvey Ralphson

British Dictionary definitions for main yard

main yard

noun

nautical a yard for a square mainsail

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