main yard

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   yard for a square mainsail

   Broaderyard

Questions about main yard

What does main yard mean?

main yard means "yard for a square mainsail".

Is main yard a common word?

main yard is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.