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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The lower yard on a mainmast.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Naut.) The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun yard for a square mainsail
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