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foretopmast

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fore·top·mast  (fôrtpmst, -tp-mst, fr-)
n. Nautical
The mast that is above the foretop.


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The maintopmast was over thirty feet in length, the foretopmast nearly thirty, and it was of these that I intended making the shears.
A wire rope led from the foretopmast to the file of mules on the tow-path a hundred yards ahead, and by dint of much banging and swearing and urging, the detachment of drivers managed to get a speed of two or three miles an hour out of the mules against the stiff current.
Captain Doane climbed even higher, seating himself on the stump of the foremast with legs a-straddle of the butt of the foretopmast.
 
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