mainyard

Etymology

From main + yard.

mainyard means the yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

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.'”