main-topmast
the mast next above the main lower mast.
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How to use main-topmast in a sentence
Presently the coloured stream blew out from her main topmast stay.
The Relief of Mafeking | Filson YoungShortly after midnight, however, his main-topmast went over the side, and the mizentopmast soon afterward.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson | Robert SoutheyPeaks, on the main topmast-stay, caught Howe in the very act of passing the gasket through the bight of the buntline.
Down the Rhine | Oliver OpticAmong their ships we saw also a three-decker, whose main topmast fell by the board.
Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II | Sir John RossJust before ten a single lantern appeared in the Sutherland's main topmast shrouds.
The Winning of Canada: A Chronicle of Wolf | William Wood
British Dictionary definitions for main-topmast
nautical the mast immediately above the mainmast
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