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main course

1. (Cookery) the principal dish of a meal

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a square mainsail

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Noun	1.	main course - the principal dish of a meal entree course - part of a meal served at one time; "she prepared a three course meal" plate - a main course served on a plate; "a vegetable plate"; "the blue plate special"
	2.	main course - a square mainsail mainsail - the lowermost sail on the mainmast

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main course n (Culin) → piatto principale, piatto forte, secondo

main course → طبق رئيسي hlavní jídlo hovedret Hauptgericht κύριο πιάτο plato fuerte pääruoka plat principal glavni smjer portata principale メインコース 주 요리 hoofdgerecht hovedrett danie główne prato principal основное блюдо huvudrätt อาหารมื้อหลัก ana yemek món chính 主菜

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, the same that blew now: and having no sails to work the ship with but a main course, and a kind of square sail upon a jury fore-mast, which they had set up, they could not lie near the wind, but were endeavouring to stand away for the Canaries.

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