What is note: The mainsail of a ship is extended upon a yard attached to the mainmast, and that of a sloop or schooner upon the boom called?
mainsail — Note: The mainsail of a ship is extended upon a yard attached to the mainmast, and that of a sloop or schooner upon the boom. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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