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mainmast::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | mast |
Examples of mainmast
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The mainmast was in danger of falling down, until the backstay broke and saved it.
From the heraldtribune.com
Her foremast soon collapsed, and that brought the mainmast down shortly afterward.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A huge jet of flame burst out from Hood from the vicinity of the mainmast.
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It was placed behind the funnel and the mainmast, and had no visibility directly forward.
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She was then fitted with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, rigged to carry lugsails and a jib.
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Ryan swung the lantern, its pale yellow beam lighting up the base of the ship's tall mainmast.
From the timesunion.com
It was usually square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Tabarly, a navy commander, was barely halfway to Capetown when his titanium mainmast collapsed.
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But the opening volley evened the odds, as Every's lucky broadside shot his enemy's mainmast by the board.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- The chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts
- The mast of a sailing ship is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship.
- Second mast aft from the bow.
- The principal mast of a sailboat.
- On ships with two or more masts, it is the second mast.
- The tallest of a vessel's masts. A ship of the line, frigate or sloop of war had three masts: fore, main, and mizzen (in line from the bow).
- The largest, and main, mast.
- The tallest mast on a ship.
