Main-sail
Easton, 1897
(Gr. artemon), answering to the modern "mizzen-sail," as some suppose. Others understand the "jib," near the prow, or the "fore-sail," as likely to be most useful in bringing a ship's head to the wind in the circumstances described (Acts 27:40).
Dictionary: M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897, public domain).