mainsail

noun
/ˈmeɪnseɪl/

Etymology

From main + sail.

  1. inherited from *seglą
  2. inherited from *segl
  3. inherited from seġl
  4. inherited from saile
  5. formed as mainsail — “main + sail

Definitions

  1. The largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel.

    • The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mainsail. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA