mainmast

mainmast Definition

main·mast (mān′mast′; naut., -məst)

noun

the principal mast of a vessel: in a schooner, brig, bark, etc., the mast second from the bow; in a ketch or yawl, the larger mast nearer the bow

mainmast Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

book: Cape Town Shipping and Union-Castle Line: a Fleet History are both distributed and stocked by Mainmast Books.

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