main-topsail

1. 1.

   a topsail set on the mainmast

   Broadersail

Questions about main-topsail

What does main-topsail mean?

main-topsail means "a topsail set on the mainmast".

How many syllables are in main-topsail?

main-topsail has 3 syllables and divides as main--top-sail under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is main-topsail a common word?

main-topsail is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.