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mainsheet


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mainsheet  \Main"sheet`\,  n.  (Naut.) 
  One  of  the  ropes  by  which  the  mainsail  is  hauled  aft  and 
  trimmed. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mainsheet 
  n  :  a  line  (rope  or  chain)  that  regulates  the  angle  at  which  a 
  sail  is  set  in  relation  to  the  wind  [syn:  {sheet},  {tack}, 
  {weather  sheet},  {shroud}] 




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