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main yard

noun

Nautical.
  1. a yard for a square mainsail.


main yard

noun

  1. nautical a yard for a square mainsail
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of main yard1

First recorded in 1475–85
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She walks through the main yard of the women's section, glancing at the scorched walls, scattered cooking pots and piles of clothing.

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“Most want it to be as low maintenance as possible but still attractive,” she says because parking strips are usually far from the main yard — and the hose.

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She mostly only sees women hanging out on the manicured main yard.

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After the sit-in the students streamed into the main yard of the university and realized they were under siege.

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Patients were lined on the pavement outside while medical staff treated urgently injured people in the open air of a main yard.

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