maintopsail

/ ˌmeɪnˈtɒpsəl; ˌmeɪnˈtɒpseɪl /

noun

1. nautical a topsail set on the mainmast

Example Sentences

The Guerriere backed her maintopsail and waited for the American to commence the action.

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Then he walked forward to the break of the poop, and blinked very hard at nothing in particular in the belly of the maintopsail.

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Needham took good aim: the shot, passing through the maintopsail, struck the foretopmast, which fell over the side.

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Up with the helm, lower the peak, ease away the main-sheet, square away the maintopsail!

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The foremast had a square foresail, the mainmast a mainsail and maintopsail, and there was a spritsail on the bowsprit.

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