fore-topmast
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fore-topmast
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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To break; as, "That ship has carried away her fore-topmast," i.e. has broken it off.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
She had lost her fore-topmast and jib-boom during the night, off O'Kosiri.
From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by J. J. Smith
The fore-topmast was in its place, the main-topgallant-mast replaced, and the standing and running rigging nearly finished.
From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley
Even with the naked eye they soon could see that her bulwarks were badly battered, and that her fore-topmast had been carried away.
From Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Gordon Stables
The signal for sailing when hoisted at the fore-topmast head; this well-known flag has a blue ground with a white square in the centre.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
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