Meaning

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

    Großsegel

    гротgrot

    гротhrot

More definitions
  • the lowermost sail on the mainmast

Translations

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Origin

From main + sail.

From main + sail.

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Forms

plural: mainsails
Singularmainsail
Pluralmainsails

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mainsail — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto