maintop
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of maintop
Example Sentences
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He remembered how the fork of fire slid down the mainmast of the Gloucester, then seemed to envelop the maintop, sending smoke billowing through the tops'ls above.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
He felt very much at home in the maintop, and even Captain Avery glanced up at him approvingly.
From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by W. O. Stoddard
The mainmast had split, just below the maintop.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
The town itself, closely built and dirty, is divided by quebradas or ravines into three parts, extending along the side of a hill, and designated by the sailors as foretop, maintop, and mizentop.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various
Yes, you," continued my host with vehemence; "your pity is for the admiral, and does not descend to the captain of the maintop.
From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life by James Payn
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