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Definition of mainmast in English: mainmastnoun ˈmeɪnmɑːstˈmeɪnmæst The principal mast of a ship, typically the second mast in a sailing ship of three or more masts. Example sentencesExamples - The mainmast groaned slightly under the strain of the wind-filled sails.
- Dolphin pulled past them and assaulted the outside schooner, her guns taking out the mainmast.
- He saw how close to the mainmast the commodore was and grinned suddenly.
- ‘Look,’ Rueben said, and turned, pointing up to the top of the mainmast, at the crow's next.
- Its gun-ports were visible even at this distance, and a flag, unidentifiable, waved defiantly atop the mainmast.
Synonyms spar, boom, yard, gaff, foremast, topmast, mizzenmast, mizzen, royal mast
Definition of mainmast in US English: mainmastnounˈmeɪnmæstˈmānmast The principal mast of a ship, typically the second mast in a sailing ship of three or more masts. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Look,’ Rueben said, and turned, pointing up to the top of the mainmast, at the crow's next.
- He saw how close to the mainmast the commodore was and grinned suddenly.
- The mainmast groaned slightly under the strain of the wind-filled sails.
- Its gun-ports were visible even at this distance, and a flag, unidentifiable, waved defiantly atop the mainmast.
- Dolphin pulled past them and assaulted the outside schooner, her guns taking out the mainmast.
Synonyms spar, boom, yard, gaff, foremast, topmast, mizzenmast, mizzen, royal mast
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