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n. The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung

"Amyas fought with her a whole day, and shot away her mainyard; how the Spaniard blundered down the coast of Wales, not knowing whither he went; how they were both nearly lost on Holyhead, and again on"

mainland    mansard   

mizzenmast    foremast    halyard    yardarm    sprit