English to afrikaans meaning of

mainsail

Die woordeboekdefinisie van grootseil is die grootste en onderste seil op die grootmas van 'n seilvaartuig. Dit is tipies driehoekig in vorm en word gebruik om die vaartuig vorentoe te dryf deur die wind in te span. Die grootseil is 'n belangrike deel van 'n seilboot se tuig en word beheer deur lyne wat velle en valle genoem word.

Sentence Examples

  1. When the storm was over we set foresail and mainsail and brought the ship to.
  2. He dropped anchor and put away the mainsail, anticipating the moment she would appear.
  3. I was very much tired and disposed to sleep, which my mistress perceiving, she put me on her own bed, and covered me with a clean white handkerchief, but larger and coarser than the mainsail of a man of war.
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