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mainsheet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mainsheet has 1 sense
- mainsheet(n = noun.artifact) sheet, shroud, tack, weather sheet - (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind; Array has particulars: futtock shroud
is a kind of line
is a part of ship
CIDE DICTIONARY
mainsheet, n.
One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed. [1913 Webster]
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