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		Definition of maintopmast in English: maintopmastnoun meɪnˈtɒpməst The second section of a sailing ship's mainmast.  Example sentencesExamples -  In less than an hour I had the maintopmast on deck and was constructing the shears.
 -  Orders were then given to set the jib and maintopmast staysail, and the former was set but the latter could not be, as the halyards were foul aloft.
 -  The unfortunate man was at the head, engaged in unshackling the maintopmast spring stay, when the cap of the foremast came off.
 -  The Raven had lost her maintopmast three days out from San Francisco, which had slowed her down for two full days.
 -  Our mizzenmast soon went, and soon afterwards the maintopmast.
 -  The enemy's foremast was severed just below the fighting top and plunged through two decks; then his maintopmast went.
 
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