mizzen-topn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪzntɒp/, U.S.

/ˈmɪz(ə)nˌtɑp/

Forms: see mizzen n. and top n.¹ and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mizzen n., top n.¹ and adj.

Etymology: < mizzen n. + top n.¹ and adj. (compare top n.¹ 15a).

Nautical.

A platform just above the head of the mizzen-mast, designed to spread the shrouds of the topmast and the topgallant mast. Frequently attributive.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast > platform on specific masts

maintop1485

mizzen-top1497

foretop1509

topgallant1514

1497 in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1958) II. 79 Mayne mesyn mastes j... Mesyn Toppes j.

1514–5 in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1958) II. 79 The Meson tope j.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 14 The mison top shroudes, and their ratlings.

1667 London Gaz. No. 178/4 She wears upon her Main-top an English Ancient..and a French upon his Mizen-top.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Cross-tree yard, a yard standing square, just under the mizen top.

1768 J. Cremer Jrnl. 27 Jan. in R. R. Bellamy Ramblin' Jack (1936) 46 The two was always learning me Wickedness and to Clime up into the Mizen-top.

1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 73 Lord Nelson was mortally wounded..by a musquet-ball,..fired from the mizen-top of La Redoubtable.

a1809 R. M. Wilson Jrnl. (modernized text) in H. G. Thursfield Five Naval Jrnls. (1951) 135 One of the mizen topmen (Thomas Kitchen) fell off the yard.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiii. 177 Having recourse to one of his remedies to cure a mizen-top boy of smoking.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiv. 223 I was put into the mizen-top.

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xiii. 94 The fore, main, and mizzen tops were all above the water.

1860 H. Stuart Novice's or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 79 The duties of mizentop-men aloft are much the same as the other topmen... The youngest and slightest hands in the ship are usually selected for mizen-top-men.

1914 Ld. C. Beresford Mem. I. iii. 13 The mizentopmen worked the mizentopsail, mizentopgallant and mizen-royal yards.

1950 ‘C. S. Forester’ Mr. Midshipman Hornblower 110 Bundled up in his peajacket, Hornblower sat in the mizzen-top.

1999 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 Apr. 18 The gardens have a watery theme—a riverside, a mizzen top and a lock-keeper's garden.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mizzen-top
释义	mizzen-topn. Brit. /ˈmɪzntɒp/, U.S. /ˈmɪz(ə)nˌtɑp/ Forms: see mizzen n. and top n.¹ and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mizzen n., top n.¹ and adj. Etymology: < mizzen n. + top n.¹ and adj. (compare top n.¹ 15a). Nautical. A platform just above the head of the mizzen-mast, designed to spread the shrouds of the topmast and the topgallant mast. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > platform at top of mast > platform on specific masts maintop1485 mizzen-top1497 foretop1509 topgallant1514 1497 in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1958) II. 79 Mayne mesyn mastes j... Mesyn Toppes j. 1514–5 in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1958) II. 79 The Meson tope j. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 14 The mison top shroudes, and their ratlings. 1667 London Gaz. No. 178/4 She wears upon her Main-top an English Ancient..and a French upon his Mizen-top. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Cross-tree yard, a yard standing square, just under the mizen top. 1768 J. Cremer Jrnl. 27 Jan. in R. R. Bellamy Ramblin' Jack (1936) 46 The two was always learning me Wickedness and to Clime up into the Mizen-top. 1806 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 15 73 Lord Nelson was mortally wounded..by a musquet-ball,..fired from the mizen-top of La Redoubtable. a1809 R. M. Wilson Jrnl. (modernized text) in H. G. Thursfield Five Naval Jrnls. (1951) 135 One of the mizen topmen (Thomas Kitchen) fell off the yard. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiii. 177 Having recourse to one of his remedies to cure a mizen-top boy of smoking. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xiv. 223 I was put into the mizen-top. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xiii. 94 The fore, main, and mizzen tops were all above the water. 1860 H. Stuart Novice's or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 79 The duties of mizentop-men aloft are much the same as the other topmen... The youngest and slightest hands in the ship are usually selected for mizen-top-men. 1914 Ld. C. Beresford Mem. I. iii. 13 The mizentopmen worked the mizentopsail, mizentopgallant and mizen-royal yards. 1950 ‘C. S. Forester’ Mr. Midshipman Hornblower 110 Bundled up in his peajacket, Hornblower sat in the mizzen-top. 1999 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 17 Apr. 18 The gardens have a watery theme—a riverside, a mizzen top and a lock-keeper's garden. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1497
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