"mainyard" meaning in English

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        "2": "main",
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      "expansion": "main + yard",
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  "etymology_text": "main + yard",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mainyards",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sailing",
          "orig": "en:Sailing",
          "parents": [
            "Nautical",
            "Transport",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1880, John Nichol, Byron",
          "text": "The sails were split, the mainyard shivered, the wind blowing fresh, the night setting in; and all our chance was to make for Corfu--or, as F. pathetically called it, 'a watery grave.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1914, E.H. Aitken, Concerning Animals and Other Matters",
          "text": "A long line of red and white flags extends from the top of the mainyard to the helm and streamers flutter from the mastheads.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung"
      ],
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        [
          "sailing",
          "sailing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "yard",
          "yard"
        ],
        [
          "mainmast",
          "mainmast"
        ],
        [
          "mainsail",
          "mainsail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sailing) The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung"
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "sailing",
        "transport"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "the yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "grand' vèrgue"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mainyard"
}

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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "main",
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      },
      "expansion": "main + yard",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "main + yard",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mainyards",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1880, John Nichol, Byron",
          "text": "The sails were split, the mainyard shivered, the wind blowing fresh, the night setting in; and all our chance was to make for Corfu--or, as F. pathetically called it, 'a watery grave.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1914, E.H. Aitken, Concerning Animals and Other Matters",
          "text": "A long line of red and white flags extends from the top of the mainyard to the helm and streamers flutter from the mastheads.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung"
      ],
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        [
          "sailing",
          "sailing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "yard",
          "yard"
        ],
        [
          "mainmast",
          "mainmast"
        ],
        [
          "mainsail",
          "mainsail"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sailing) The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung"
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "sailing",
        "transport"
      ]
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  ],
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "the yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grand' vèrgue"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mainyard"
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