Usage examples "mainsail":
- " And now the mainsail is up, the jib down, and the captain is throwing bait. - "American Merchant Ships and Sailors", Willis J. Abbot.
- Tommy jumped down and switched off the engine, while Joyce, resigning the tiller to me, climbed up and seated herself on the boom of the mainsail. - "A Rogue by Compulsion", Victor Bridges.
- Mr. Mainsail got up little telling questions. - "Lady Anna", Anthony Trollope.