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topmast

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top·mast  (tpmst, -mst)
n.
The mast below the topgallant mast in a square-rigged ship and highest in a fore-and-aft-rigged ship.
topmast [ˈtɒpˌmɑːst (Nautical) ˈtɒpməst]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) the mast next above a lower mast on a sailing vessel
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.topmasttopmast - the mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-aft rig
fore-topmast - the topmast next above the foremast
main-topmast - the topmast next above the mainmast
mast - a vertical spar for supporting sails
royal mast - topmast immediately above the topgallant mast
topgallant mast, topgallant - a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel
Translations
topmast [ˈtɒpmɑːst] N → mastelero m


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On the 12th of January, 1893, I was seventeen, and the 20th of January I signed before the shipping commissioner the articles of the Sophie Sutherland, a three topmast sealing schooner bound on a voyage to the coast of Japan.
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Well, then, d’ye see, I larnt how a topmast should be slushed, and how a topgallant-sail was to be becketted; and then I did small jobs in the cabin, such as mixing the skipper’s grog.
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In the midst of this witches' sabbath, he was still to be seen on the top of his pillar, like the cabin-boy on the topmast.
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