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mains'l

mains'l noun: a mainsail.

Noun

mains'l (plural mains'ls)

  1. (colloquial) A mainsail.
    • Bend, oh, bend your mains'l, we're back to Yankeeland1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC

Forms of mains'l

pluralmains'ls

Questions about mains'l

What does mains'l mean?
Mains'l means a mainsail.
What part of speech is mains'l?
Mains'l is a noun.
What is the plural of mains'l?
The plural of mains'l is mains'ls.

Words near mains'l in the dictionary

  1. mainprizes
  2. mainprizing
  3. Mainpuri
  4. mains
  5. mains hum
  6. mains'l
  7. mains'ls
  8. mainsail
  9. mainsails
  10. mainsborne
  11. mainshaft

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