mast band

American

noun

Nautical.

a hoop of metal around a mast, used as a reinforcement or as an object for attaching stays, tackles, etc.

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The courses were hauled up, main-topsail to the mast, band on the quarter-deck, colors half-mast, and all hands, officers and men, stood uncovered, looking silently and sadly upon the body as it lay upon the gang-boards in its white hammock, ready for the last rites.

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