mainsail

Pronunciation:		'meyn`seyl
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the lowermost sail on the mainmast

	See Also:	canvas, canvass, main course, sail, sheet

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Main"sail`\, n. (Naut.) The principal sail in a ship or other vessel. [They] hoised up the mainsail to the wind. -- Acts xxvii. 40. Note: The mainsail of a ship is extended upon a yard attached to the mainmast, and that of a sloop or schooner upon the boom.

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	MAchine INdependent SAIL. From XIDAK, Palo Alto CA, (415) 855-9271.