单词 | sprit topmast |
释义 | > as lemmassprit topmast sprit topmast n. Nautical (now historical) (in some square-rigged vessels) a short mast stepped upright at the end of the bowsprit; = spritsail topmast n. at spritsail n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1656 G. Kendall Clerk of Surveigh Surveighed 2 (margin) Sprit-top-mast. 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 105 For a Ship are the Sprit-top-mast, Fore, Fore-top, Fore-top-gallant, Main,..and Mizon-top. 1853 Hunt's Yachting Mag. May 95 A short up and down mast, called the sprit top-mast, was stepped into the bow-sprit cap. 1909 E. K. Chatterton Sailing Ships vii. 241 A jackstaff is at the top of the sprit topmast. 2005 B. Little Sea Rover's Pract. (2007) xiv. 143 If the vessel carried a sprit topsail, they brought its yard vertical along the sprit topmast. < as lemmas |
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