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Definition of Main course
1. Noun. The principal dish of a meal.
2. Noun. A square mainsail.
Definition of Main course
1. Noun. The main serving or dish of a meal, usually cooked. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Main Course
Literary usage of Main course
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's encyclopædia by Chambers W. and R., ltd (1874)
"... the sails of most importance are the main-course, the spanker, the topsails,
the fore-staysail, and the jibs, which can usually be all distended to the ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In like manner on the man-mast we have the main-course or main-sail, main-top-sail,
main-top-gal- lant-sail, and the main-royal. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In like manner on the main-mast we have the main-course or main-sail, main-top-sail,
... Main-course or main-soil, top-sail, top-gallon t-«aiL royal. ..."
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