mizen

Variant of mizzen

or mizen

adjective

of the mizzenmast

Origin: LME meseyn < or akin to MFr misaine < It mezzana, fem. of mezzano, middle < L medianus: see median

noun

  1. a fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast
  2. mizzenmast
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