释义 |
ˈmizen-ˈtopmast Naut. The mast next above the lower mizen-mast. Also attrib.
1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 13 The misen top mast. 1692Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. i. xiv. 63 Mizan Topmast Shrowds... Mizan Topmast Stay... Mizan Topmast Crowfoot. 1755Gentl. Mag. XXV. 184 With the blue flag at the mizentopmast head of the Monarch. 1841R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. i. iii. 16 The main topsail braces..are seized to the mizen topmast-head. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. s.v. Stay, The mizen-topmast stay is that which comes to the hounds of the main-mast. |