maintopsail
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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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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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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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