lower mast
Americannoun
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The only sail that rises above the lower mast is the gaff.
From Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Are short pieces of rope or chain which secure the lower dead-eyes and futtock-plates of top-mast rigging to a band round a lower mast.
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 Belcher, Edward, Sir
A small projection on the outside of the cheeks of a lower mast, at the upper parts of the hounds.
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 Belcher, Edward, Sir
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)
When the lower mast, the topmasts, and the royals were sawn and split, the principal pieces of the raft were ready.
From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Verne, Jules
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