English

mainchain

From main + chain.

A compound of main + chain

Middle English mayn

English main

Proto-Italic *katesnā

Latin catēna ‘chain’

Old French chaeine ‘chain’

Middle English cheyne ‘a chain’

English chain

Today it means

noun A chain securing the lower shrouds of the mainmast.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / mainchain