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main-trucks

main-trucks is the plural of main-truck.

Meaning of main-truck

Noun

main-truck (plural main-trucks)

  1. On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency place for a lookout.
    • But oh! shipmates! on the starboard hand of every woe, there is a sure delight; and higher the top of that delight, than the bottom of the woe is deep. Is not the main-truck higher than the kelson is low?1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 9”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Questions about main-trucks

What is main-trucks the plural of?
Main-trucks is the plural of main-truck.

Words near main-trucks in the dictionary

  1. main-sequence star
  2. main-sequence stars
  3. main-topmast
  4. main-topmasts
  5. main-truck
  6. main-trucks
  7. Maina
  8. Mainah
  9. Mainahs
  10. Mainalos
  11. Mainam

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