maintopsail

/ ˌmeɪnˈtɒpseɪl, ˌmeɪnˈtɒpsəl /

noun

1. nautical a topsail set on the mainmast

Example Sentences

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.

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We were almost within range when her maintopsail filled and she was off, following the direction of her two consorts who had made towards Hispaniola.

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After this the maintopsail was also set.

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He was a prime good seaman, that captain of the Clyde, and he was at that moment looking aloft to see his maintopsail blown to leeward.

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Fluttering rags showed where her maintopsail had blown from the ropes; curved ribands, held fast at head and foot, marked what was left of her fore-course, and puny figures dotted the yards, struggling futilely with clewed-up canvas that bulged out as if inflated hard.

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