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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(sailing) The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung.
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.'
A long line of red and white flags extends from the top of the mainyard to the helm and streamers flutter from the mastheads.
Use mainyard when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mainyard means (sailing) The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.'
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