Definitions for mainsails

mainsails main·sail

Spelling: [meyn-seyl; Nautical meyn-suh l]
IPA: /ˈmeɪnˌseɪl; Nautical ˈmeɪn səl/

Mainsails is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 305 anagrams from letters in mainsails (aaiilmnss).

Definitions for mainsails

noun

  1. the lowermost sail on a mainmast.

Origin of mainsails

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at main1, sail

Examples for mainsails

A mainsail carried by a gaff has two halyards, the throat and peak.

I've been dreamin' o' night-shirts ever since we bent our mainsail.

You will note that allowance must be made for hemming the back edge of the mainsail.

I ordered the jib and mainsail to be taken in, and the helm to be put down.

"She'll go a bit tauter still, I think," he said, as Nell hoisted the mainsail.

I'll try and set the mainsail on her with the remains of the sprit.

No mistakes or omissions had been made, and he proceeded to hoist the mainsail.

A bilander was a small two-master, with the mainsail of lateen form.

The mainsail was set to a chorus like the crying of sea fowl and the foresail and jib.

The other two sides of the mainsail are then laid off and pencil lines drawn.

Word Value for mainsails
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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