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- noun Plural form of
mainsheet .
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Examples
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Lashing the wheel I ran forward, eased the fore and mainsheets, took in on the boom-tackles and trimmed everything for the quartering breeze which was ours.
Chapter 39 2010
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After a time, Jaric leaned around her, yanked mainsheets and jib taut, and swung the steering oar to restore Callinde's course.
Shadowfane Wurts, Janny 1988
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Stay the mainsheets, matten down the batch covers and mizzle the fizzenmast!
Circus World Longyear, Barry 1981
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Lashing the wheel I ran forward, eased the fore and mainsheets, took in on the boom-tackles and trimmed everything for the quartering breeze which was ours.
The Sea Wolf Jack London 1896
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"slacken off the mainsheets," whereupon the lugger was brought alongside the wreck of the cutter.
Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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