Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The third mast aft on a sailing vessel having three or more masts.
- noun The mast aft of the mainmast on a ketch or yawl.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mast that supports the mizzen; the aftermost mast of a three-masted vessel.
- noun plural The lower-mast, topmast, and topgallantmast of the mast next abaft the mainmast.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) the third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical The
aftmost mast on a ship having three or more masts - noun nautical The
shorter ,after mast of a ship having two masts, such as aketch oryawl
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy
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Examples
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Forward of and round the mizzenmast is the bridge, which is partly formed by the roofs of the large chart-house and laboratory amidships and the two houses on each side.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003
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Around the mizzenmast is the after-saloon, with eight cabins leading out of it.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003
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Forward of and round the mizzenmast is the bridge, which is partly formed by the roofs of the large chart-house and laboratory amidships and the two houses on each side.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900
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Forward of and round the mizzenmast is the bridge, which is partly formed by the roofs of the large chart-house and laboratory amidships and the two houses on each side.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900
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Around the mizzenmast is the after-saloon, with eight cabins leading out of it.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900
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Around the mizzenmast is the after-saloon, with eight cabins leading out of it.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Roald Amundsen 1900
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Fresh water, in small quantities, they were able to obtain by holding a cover of a tureen under the saddle of the mizzenmast.
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Day dawned on the savage ocean, and in the cold gray light all that could be seen of The Francis Spaight emerging from the sea were the poop, the shattered mizzenmast, and a ragged line of bulwarks.
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She landed on the mizzenmast and cut it down as she had the main.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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In vain Mahoney strove to get the men to take turns in watching aloft from the mizzenmast for any chance vessel.
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