Associations to the word «Mainsheet»

Wiktionary

MAINSHEET, noun. (nautical) The rope connected to and controlling the mainsail.

Dictionary definition

MAINSHEET, noun. (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind.

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus