mainsail

n.

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.

[ܒmānsǝl; -ܖsāl]

ˈmānsǝl; -ܖsāl n. 1. the principal sail of a ship, especially the lowest sail on the mainmast in a square-rigged vessel.

2. the sail set on the after side of the mainmast in a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the lowermost sail on the mainmast

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - storsejl

Nederlands (Dutch)
grootzeil

Français (French)
n. - grand-voile

Deutsch (German)
n. - Großsegel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ναυτ.) πανί της μαϊστρας

Italiano (Italian)
vela maestra

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vela mestra (f) (Náut.)

Русский (Russian)
грот

Español (Spanish)
n. - vela mayor, vela principal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - storsegel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大桅的帆, 大桅帆, 主帆

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大桅的帆, 大桅帆, 主帆

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 주돛

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大檣帆, メーンスル

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الشراع الرئيسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפרש ראשי‬

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