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Definition of Mainyards
1. mainyard [n] - See also: mainyard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mainyards
Literary usage of Mainyards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Yankee Swanson: Chapters from a Life at Sea by Andrew Walfrid Nelson (1913)
"She came up in the wind very well indeed, and we swung the mainyards, but that
was as ... We had to swing the mainyards again and wear her to get her on the ..."
2. The Life and Adventures of John Levy by John Levy (1871)
"The captain had scarcely ceased issuing his orders when a whirlwind struck the
ship, carrying away her mainyards and heaving her on her ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"The Grosvenor stood steady, about a mile off, with her mainyards backed; and just
as the fellow over the boat's bows caught hold of the swimmer's hair, ..."
4. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"... For one may haunt the pier a score of times, Hearing St. Nicholas bells ring
out the chimes, Yet never see those proud ones swaying home With mainyards ..."
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