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mizzenmast

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miz·zen·mast or miz·en·mast  (mzn-mst, -mst)
n.
The third mast or the mast aft of a mainmast on a ship having three or more masts.

mizzenmast, mizenmast [ˈmɪzənˌmɑːst (Nautical) ˈmɪzənməst]
n Nautical
1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (on a yawl, ketch, or dandy) the after mast
2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (on a vessel with three or more masts) the third mast from the bow
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Noun1.mizzenmastmizzenmast - third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy
mast - a vertical spar for supporting sails
Translations
mizzenmast [ˈmɪznmɑːst] Npalo m de mesana


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He seesawed on the mizzenmast of his craft as safe as a Steeple Jack rigged to the flagpole of a skyscraper.
He fetched up against the foot of the mizzenmast, while Captain Van Horn, with the sailor's eye for the coral patch under his bow, gave the order "Hard a-lee
He broke off to gaze with dropped jaw at a spiral of smoke that coiled and twisted in the lee of the mizzenmast twenty feet above the deck.
 
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