maintopsail
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The rattling of blocks was heard, and the brig’s helm being put down, and her maintopsail backed, she came up into the wind.
From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor
Needham took good aim: the shot, passing through the maintopsail, struck the foretopmast, which fell over the side.
From The Three Lieutenants by Webb, Archibald
The want of the mainyard, which means the lack of the maintopsail, was a more substantial disadvantage.
From Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
I also informed him that I wanted the maintopsail filled.
From Admiral Farragut by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
In spite of the frantic efforts of the helmsman, the pirate ship flew up into the wind, her maintopsail was taken aback, and she was hove to in a helpless state.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
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