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mainsheet  n.  (Naut.) One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.





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"Mainsheet" Quotes from Famous Books



... compass {22} itself is so placed that you can see it well while either sitting or standing up, or when lying at full length on the deck, with the back against a pillow propped by the mizen mast, the blight sun or moon overhead, and a turn or two of the mainsheet cast about your body to keep the sleepy steersman from rolling over into the water, as ...
— The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" • John MacGregor
 
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