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mainpieces

mainpieces is the plural of mainpiece.

Meaning of mainpiece

Noun

mainpiece (plural mainpieces)

  1. The primary play or other work performed at an evening's entertainment at the theatre, as opposed to smaller introductory or additional works.
    • A typical evening at the principal Dublin theatres could extend over five or six hours and consisted of a mainpiece, frequently with a prologue and epilogue, followed by one, and occasionally two, afterpieces.1993, John C Greene, Gladys LH Clark, The Dublin Stage, 1720–1745, page 72
  2. The principal part of a ship's head; the principal piece of timber in a rudder.

Questions about mainpieces

What is mainpieces the plural of?
Mainpieces is the plural of mainpiece.

Words near mainpieces in the dictionary

  1. mainpernor
  2. mainpernors
  3. mainpernour
  4. mainpernours
  5. mainpiece
  6. mainpieces
  7. mainpin
  8. mainpins
  9. mainplane
  10. mainplanes
  11. mainplate

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