Crossword clues for mainsheet
The Collaborative International Dictionary
mainsheet \main"sheet`\, n. (Naut.) One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.
Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) The rope connected to and controlling the mainsail.
WordNet
n. (nautical) 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]
Usage examples of "mainsheet".
Stay the mainsheets, matten down the batch covers and mizzle the fizzenmast!
He, too, in the puffs, climbed part way out on the outrigger, at the same time steering with both hands on a large paddle and holding the mainsheet with his foot.
She exposed the impeller shaft just forward of the main gland and wound several fathoms of the mainsheet around it.
Thierry yanked at the mainsheet and wrapped it around the cleat, pulling the sail to the wind and easing the little skiff into the waves.
He pulled the mainsheet to adjust the sail before turning his head to answer.
Bothan Ver said, hauling in the mainsheet, nail-bitten fingers directing the rope precisely, delicately, like a puppeteer pulling on the strings of his marionette.
I had planned to go overboard in the night, quiet-like, but when I saw ye trapped by the rail I just upped on the mainsheet and swung over like a capuchin on a vine.
She uncleated the mainsheet and they both worked on the knots so they could hoist the mainsail.
He surrendered his grasp of both rudder and mainsheet, becalming the sloop as he freed his hands for his twin, who backed away as Jesse reached for him.
Herrero roared his rage, pushed a crewman aside and seized the mainsheet, sawing the boom to and fro in search of the optimum position.
The score or so of right seamen had been at their stations ten minutes - Pullings and the bosun on the fo'c'sle, the gunner and his mates at the maintack, the carpenter at the foresheet, the Marines at the mainsheet, the maintopmen and the after-guard on the quarterdeck, at the braces - before the last desperate half-clothed bewildered landsman was hunted up, shoved and beaten and cobbed into his place.
The score or so of right seamen had been at their stations ten minutes - Pullings and the bosun on the fo’c’sle, the gunner and his mates at the maintack, the carpenter at the foresheet, the Marines at the mainsheet, the maintopmen and the after-guard on the quarterdeck, at the braces - before the last desperate half-clothed bewildered landsman was hunted up, shoved and beaten and cobbed into his place.
After a time, Jaric leaned around her, yanked mainsheets and jib taut, and swung the steering oar to restore Callinde's course.