Mainsail

//ˈmeɪnseɪl//

"Mainsail" in a Sentence (2 examples)

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

Now stow the mainsail as follows, preferably with the sail still lying in the starboard cockpit: beginning at the head, fold the upper section so that the upper two battens are aligned together; then tightly roll the sail from the head down to the foot. Reinsert the sail into its bag.

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