The Collaborative International Dictionary
Main yard
Main yard \Main" yard`\ (Naut.) The yard on which the mainsail is extended, supported by the mainmast.
WordNet
main yard
n. yard for a square mainsail
Usage examples of "main yard".
There was a crash aloft, and Hornblower looked up to see the main yard sagging in two halves, shot clean through close to the centre, each half hanging in the slings at its own drunken angle, threatening, each of them, to come falling like an arrow down through the deck.
He could work nights when he wished, and holidays when the main yard would be locked.
Blocks squealed, and spray dripped from the braces as more men added their weight to haul round the great main yard.