mainsail
Kelime Anlamı :
1. (isim) mayistra yelkeni.
2. ana yelken.
3. mayistra yelkeni.
Tanımlar :
1.
the principal sail of a vessel.
2. A quadrilateral or triangular sail set from the after part of the mainmast on a fore-and-aft rigged vessel.
3. A square sail set from the main yard on a square-rigged vessel.
2. A quadrilateral or triangular sail set from the after part of the mainmast on a fore-and-aft rigged vessel.
3. A square sail set from the main yard on a square-rigged vessel.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
the largest (or only) sail on a sailing vessel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
the principal sail in a ship or other vessel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
in a square-rigged vessel, the sail bent to the main-yard; the main course: in a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the large sail set on the after part of the mainmast.
2. plural the square sails on the mainmast: they are the course, or mainsail proper, the lower and upper topsails, the topgallantsail and royal, and also a skysail if the ship is lofty. men-of-war usually carry single topsails instead of a divided sail.
2. plural the square sails on the mainmast: they are the course, or mainsail proper, the lower and upper topsails, the topgallantsail and royal, and also a skysail if the ship is lofty. men-of-war usually carry single topsails instead of a divided sail.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia