mainmastn.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪnmɑːst/,

/ˈmeɪnmast/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪnˌmæst/

Forms: see main adj.² and mast n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: main adj.², mast n.¹

Etymology: < main adj.² (compare sense 9 at that entry) + mast n.¹

The principal mast in a ship.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > mainmast

mainmasta1599

mast1614

middle mast1614

main1802

1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 53 Mayne mastes..j.

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 18 Thay war fane..To saue thair lyfis, for to cut thair mane Mast.

a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 92 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) So that he might sit as it were at the very maine maste of his Ship.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. iii. 90 The Shippe boaring the Moone with her maine Mast .

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 169 The main-mast which is placed almost in the middle of the ship.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 161 We converted the fore-mast of the Victualler into a main-mast for the Tryal Sloop.

1765 Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 287 Sometimes the name of main-mast is applied to all the three pieces as they stand erected, and sometimes to the lower piece, or part of the mast only: and when they are distinguished severally, they are called the main-mast, main top-mast, and main-top-gallant-mast.

1801 Col. Stewart in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 308 A shot through the mainmast knocked a few splinters about us.

1855 R. Browning By Fireside iii Out we slip To cut from the hazels by the creek A mainmast for our ship.

1896 Naval Ann. i. 32 The mainmast has only one fighting-top.

1928 Daily Tel. 20 Mar. 13/7 The Afghan standard was broken from the Majestic's mainmast.

1963 G. Millar Oyster River 60 We put the nine-foot dinghy in the river (easily done with a short boom fitted into a spinnaker cup set low on the aft side of the mainmast).

1986 P. Reading Essent. Reading 214 Next, to the dark-bellied vessel we carry white sails and mainmast.

Compounds

General attributive, as mainmast-head, mainmast-top, mainmast-tree, etc.

ΚΠ

a1600 Sonnge Sir A. Barton in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 70 Ile hange them al on my mayn mast tree.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Collar There is also a collar..about the main mast head..to save the shrouds from galling.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1805) V. ii. 48 A sailor ordered up the main mast top to descry ships.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxxxv. 629 The vane or flag was gone from the main-mast-head.

1977 P. Scupham Hinterland 20 There's loss in the Atlantic sky Smoking her course from sea to sea, Whitening an absence, till the eye Aches dazed above the mainmast tree.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mainmast
释义	mainmastn. Brit. /ˈmeɪnmɑːst/, /ˈmeɪnmast/, U.S. /ˈmeɪnˌmæst/ Forms: see main adj.² and mast n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: main adj.², mast n.¹ Etymology: < main adj.² (compare sense 9 at that entry) + mast n.¹ The principal mast in a ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > mainmast mainmasta1599 mast1614 middle mast1614 main1802 1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 53 Mayne mastes..j. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 18 Thay war fane..To saue thair lyfis, for to cut thair mane Mast. a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 92 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) So that he might sit as it were at the very maine maste of his Ship. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. iii. 90 The Shippe boaring the Moone with her maine Mast . View more context for this quotation a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 169 The main-mast which is placed almost in the middle of the ship. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iv. 161 We converted the fore-mast of the Victualler into a main-mast for the Tryal Sloop. 1765 Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 287 Sometimes the name of main-mast is applied to all the three pieces as they stand erected, and sometimes to the lower piece, or part of the mast only: and when they are distinguished severally, they are called the main-mast, main top-mast, and main-top-gallant-mast. 1801 Col. Stewart in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 308 A shot through the mainmast knocked a few splinters about us. 1855 R. Browning By Fireside iii Out we slip To cut from the hazels by the creek A mainmast for our ship. 1896 Naval Ann. i. 32 The mainmast has only one fighting-top. 1928 Daily Tel. 20 Mar. 13/7 The Afghan standard was broken from the Majestic's mainmast. 1963 G. Millar Oyster River 60 We put the nine-foot dinghy in the river (easily done with a short boom fitted into a spinnaker cup set low on the aft side of the mainmast). 1986 P. Reading Essent. Reading 214 Next, to the dark-bellied vessel we carry white sails and mainmast. Compounds General attributive, as mainmast-head, mainmast-top, mainmast-tree, etc. ΚΠ a1600 Sonnge Sir A. Barton in J. Raine Vol. Eng. Misc. N. Counties Eng. (1890) 70 Ile hange them al on my mayn mast tree. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Collar There is also a collar..about the main mast head..to save the shrouds from galling. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1805) V. ii. 48 A sailor ordered up the main mast top to descry ships. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxxxv. 629 The vane or flag was gone from the main-mast-head. 1977 P. Scupham Hinterland 20 There's loss in the Atlantic sky Smoking her course from sea to sea, Whitening an absence, till the eye Aches dazed above the mainmast tree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1485
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