lower mast
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In a few minutes we saw another of our competitors in the same state, her lower mast having gone apparently about the same distance from the deck.
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)
That’s where you see the lower mast joined to the top mast.
From The Life of a Ship by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
They waited till daylight, and then were just able to distinguish the lower mast of a steamer standing out of the water.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick
That’s the eighth Frenchman without a lower mast standing.
From True Blue by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Every hour of sleep the people get will be a lower mast saved.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore
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