mainsail
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Yacht_mainsail.svg/220px-Yacht_mainsail.svg.png)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈmeɪnseɪl/, /ˈmeɪnsəl/[1]
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]mainsail (plural mainsails)
Synonyms
[edit]- main (“mainsail”)
Translations
[edit]largest sail on a sailing vessel
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References
[edit]- ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[1], volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 9.62, page 268.