mains'l
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[edit]Noun
[edit]mains'l (plural mains'ls)
- (nautical, colloquial) A mainsail.
- 1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC:
- Bend, oh, bend your mains'l, we're back to Yankeeland