Noun
The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung
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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.