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mainyard — main yard n. The lower yard on a mainmast. * * * … Universalium
mainyard — /ˈmeɪnjad/ (say maynyahd), / jəd/ (say yuhd) noun the lower yard on the mainmast …
mainyard — mainˈyard noun The lower yard on the mainmast • • • Main Entry: ↑main … Useful english dictionary
Frederick Marryat — Portrait by John Simpson, 1826 Born 10 July 1792(1792 07 10) Westminster, London, England Died … Wikipedia
USS Tennessee (BB-43) 1941-1943 — This article is about the USS Tennessee (BB 43), a U.S. Navy battleship, during the years 1941, 1942 and 1943.1941Pearl HarborOn the morning of 7 December 1941, Tennessee was moored starboard side to a pair of masonry mooring quays on Battleship… … Wikipedia
mainbrace — /ˈmeɪnbreɪs/ (say maynbrays) noun 1. a pennant and tackle secured to each end of the mainyard and led down to the main deck, used to haul the yard round to trim the mainsail to the wind. –phrase 2. splice the mainbrace, Colloquial a. to order the …
mainsail — /ˈmeɪnsəl/ (say maynsuhl) noun 1. (in a square rigged vessel) the sail bent to the mainyard. 2. (in a fore and aft rigged vessel) the large sail set abaft the mainmast …
mainbrace — mainˈbrace noun The brace attached to the mainyard (see also ↑splice) • • • Main Entry: ↑main … Useful english dictionary
