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Examples of mizzenmast
mizzenmast
She was then fitted with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, rigged to carry lugsails and a jib.
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It was usually square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.
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One day we'll sit around the mizzenmast with a noggin o'grog, tellin'our grandnippers the legend of The Tacoma Pirates.
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He then ordered a full double-loaded broadside of grape and round shot fired, which took out Guerriere's mizzenmast.
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A stalwart sailor was tied to the mast, whereby the post at the foot of the mizzenmast was weighted down, and the sailrope slightly raised.
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As he attempted to complete this manoeuvre, a shot from Loire brought down Mermaid's mizzenmast, making her unmanageable and disabling a number of her guns.
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- Third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy
- 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.
- Typically the shortest mast of a ship, and in all but the largest sailing ships is the mast farthest from the bow.
- (or mizen): the mast located immediately abaft of the mainmast of a square-rigged sailing ship or three-masted schooner; the aftermost of the usual three masts.
- (or Mizzen) - The third mast on a ship.
- On a three-masted ship, the rear mast most aft near the stern.
- A mast located at the rear of the ship.
- Mast aft or next aft of the mainmast in a ship
- The aftermast on a yawl or ketch.
