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单词 mizzen-topmast
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mizzen-topmastn.

Brit. /ˌmɪznˈtɒpmɑːst/, /ˌmɪznˈtɒpmast/, U.S. /ˌmɪz(ə)nˈtɑpˌmæst/
Forms: see mizzen n. and topmast n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mizzen n., topmast n.
Etymology: < mizzen n. + topmast n.
Nautical.
The section of mast above the lower mizzen-mast. Frequently attributive.
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mizzen-topmast1600
1600 Court Rec. 26 Sept. in H. Stevens Dawn Brit. Trade E. Indies (1886) 15/1 A missen mast and a mizen tope mast.
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 13 The misen top mast.
1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xiv. 63 Mizan Topmast Shrowds..Mizan Topmast Stay..Mizan Topmast Crowfoot.
1755 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 184/1 With the blue flag at the mizentopmast head of the Monarch.
1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. i. iii. 16 The main topsail braces..are seized to the mizen topmast-head.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. at Stay The mizen-topmast stay is that which comes to the hounds of the main-mast.
1914 Ld. C. Beresford Mem. I. iii. 13 The mizentopmen worked the..mizentopgallantmast, mizentopmast and mizencourse.
1950 E. Goudge Gentian Hill ii. iii. 243 Nelson's Victory had her mizzen-topmast shot away and her sails riddled.
1995 F. R. Shivers Walking in Baltimore 49 A secessionist flag flew from the mizzen topmast of a Richmond barque.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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