topmastn.

Brit.

/ˈtɒpmɑːst/,

/ˈtɒpmast/,

/ˈtɒpməst/, U.S.

/ˈtɑpˌmæst/

Forms: see top n.¹ and mast n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top n.¹, mast n.¹

Etymology: < top n.¹ + mast n.¹

a. A smaller mast fixed on the top of a lower mast; spec. the second section of a mast above the deck, which was formerly the uppermost mast, but is now surmounted by the topgallant mast.

ΘΚΠ

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

topmast1485

1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 278 Also a Toppe maste aboue the mayne Toppe maste Rotteyn perused & consumyd to noght. A sayle to the same... Also viij Shrowdes belongyng to the same.]

1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 48 Toppe mastes, j. Toppe shrowdes, vj.

1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 119 Perceiuing the Admirall to be farre a sterne of his companie, because his maine toppemast was spent.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 33 Downe with the top-Mast: yare, lower, lower, bring her to Try with Maine-course.

a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) (at cited word) The Top-mastes are ouer halfe soe long as the Mastes vnto which theie belong.

1765 R. Veicht in Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 287 In great ships the masts are composed of three parts,..the lowermost part is called by its proper name, the middlemost part is called the top-mast, and the uppermost part the top-gallant-mast.

1795 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 21 The Ça Ira lost her topmasts, which enabled the Agamemnon and Inconstant to close in with her.

1873 C. Robinson New S. Wales 98 Every ship in port, from whatever clime, is decorated with flags of all colours, from stem to stern, from top-mast to hull.

b. attributive, as topmast-block, topmast-head, etc.

ΚΠ

1672 London Gaz. No. 690/1 Who carried the Union Flags on their Topmast-head, and each a White Flag in their Poupe.

1709 W. Dampier Contin. Voy. New-Holland i. 37 This Island..may be seen from a Ship's Topmast-head about ten Leagues.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xi. 84 The topmast-studding-sail boom..broke off at the boom-iron.

1897 Daily News 7 June 2/3 Through the thinner veil overhead..the gilded topmast-blocks could be seen gleaming in sunshine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	topmast
释义	topmastn. Brit. /ˈtɒpmɑːst/, /ˈtɒpmast/, /ˈtɒpməst/, U.S. /ˈtɑpˌmæst/ Forms: see top n.¹ and mast n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: top n.¹, mast n.¹ Etymology: < top n.¹ + mast n.¹ a. A smaller mast fixed on the top of a lower mast; spec. the second section of a mast above the deck, which was formerly the uppermost mast, but is now surmounted by the topgallant mast. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > topmast topmast1485 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 278 Also a Toppe maste aboue the mayne Toppe maste Rotteyn perused & consumyd to noght. A sayle to the same... Also viij Shrowdes belongyng to the same.] 1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 48 Toppe mastes, j. Toppe shrowdes, vj. 1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 119 Perceiuing the Admirall to be farre a sterne of his companie, because his maine toppemast was spent. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. i. 33 Downe with the top-Mast: yare, lower, lower, bring her to Try with Maine-course. View more context for this quotation a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) (at cited word) The Top-mastes are ouer halfe soe long as the Mastes vnto which theie belong. 1765 R. Veicht in Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 287 In great ships the masts are composed of three parts,..the lowermost part is called by its proper name, the middlemost part is called the top-mast, and the uppermost part the top-gallant-mast. 1795 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 21 The Ça Ira lost her topmasts, which enabled the Agamemnon and Inconstant to close in with her. 1873 C. Robinson New S. Wales 98 Every ship in port, from whatever clime, is decorated with flags of all colours, from stem to stern, from top-mast to hull. b. attributive, as topmast-block, topmast-head, etc. ΚΠ 1672 London Gaz. No. 690/1 Who carried the Union Flags on their Topmast-head, and each a White Flag in their Poupe. 1709 W. Dampier Contin. Voy. New-Holland i. 37 This Island..may be seen from a Ship's Topmast-head about ten Leagues. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xi. 84 The topmast-studding-sail boom..broke off at the boom-iron. 1897 Daily News 7 June 2/3 Through the thinner veil overhead..the gilded topmast-blocks could be seen gleaming in sunshine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1485
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