The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.]
Source: wiktionary
Mainsail
//ˈmeɪnseɪl//
Synonyms for "mainsail" (4 found)
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Translations
26 translations across 23 languages.
Belorussian
1 entries- грот noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Bulgarian
1 entries- грот noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Catalan
2 entries- vela major noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
- vela mestra noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 主帆 noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Danish
1 entries- storsejl noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Dutch
1 entries- grootzeil noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Esperanto
2 entries- grandvelo noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
- ĉefvelo noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Finnish
1 entries- isopurje noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
French
1 entries- grand-voile noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
German
1 entries- Großsegel noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Indonesian
1 entries- layar agung noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Irish
1 entries- seol mór noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Italian
2 entries- randa noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
- vela maestra noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Māori
1 entries- rā turuturu matua noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Norman
1 entries- grand' vaile noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- storseil noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Polish
1 entries- grot noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Portuguese
1 entries- vela grande noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Russian
1 entries- грот noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- prìomh-sheòl noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Spanish
1 entries- vela mayor noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Ukrainian
1 entries- грот noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Welsh
1 entries- prif hwyl noun (largest sail on a sailing vessel)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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