单词 | mizzen-topmast |
释义 | mizzen-topmastn. Nautical. The section of mast above the lower mizzen-mast. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > topmast > mizzen-topmast 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). < n.1600 |
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