Definitions for mainsheet

mainsheet main·sheet

Spelling: [meyn-sheet]
IPA: /ˈmeɪnˌʃit/

Mainsheet is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 596 anagrams from letters in mainsheet (aeehimnst).

Definitions for mainsheet

noun

  1. a sheet of a mainsail.

Origin of mainsheet

First recorded in 1475-85; See origin at main1, sheet1

Examples for mainsheet

Bobtail eased off his mainsheet, and waited for the Eagle to come up.

But I had to stick to the mainsheet and the yoke-lines, and do as best I could without rest, for the time being.

Kitchell dozed in his hammock in the shadow of the mainsheet.

Always see that your mainsheet is clear, and that it cannot (p. 218) get foul of anything in running out.

He was dragging at the mainsheet as the big boom tilted up into the darkness above his head, while the sloop rolled heavily.

Tell him to slack off the mainsheet, and before you know it, he'd drop the peak.

Come, Walter, haul in the mainsheet, and come up to the wind.

Marston was vaguely conscious that a gang of Krooboys ran to the mainsheet and Wyndham directed their efforts.

If she steers hard trim your mainsheet aft and it will ease her.

Priscilla took the mainsheet in her hand and ordered Frank to luff a little.

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