mast clamp

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noun Nautical.

a pierced slab of hardwood built into the deck structure of a small ship or boat to receive the force of the mast, which is fitted tightly through it.

Also called mast hasp. a metal collar fitted to a thwart of a small boat to steady a mast.

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How to use mast clamp in a sentence

Bound together by mutual distrust, both sides end up lashing themselves to the mast of rigid law.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The failure to fly a flag at half mast was widely interpreted as an expression of disrespect.
Inside The Palace Panic After Diana's Death|Tom Sykes|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Outside, somebody had taken care to lower the flags to half-mast.
The Resilient City: New York After 9/11|John Avlon|September 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Researchers were aware that the DEA was going to fairly quickly clamp down on MDMA.
Psychedelics Are Ready for a Comeback|Abby Haglage|September 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Users include the Singapore navy: What small-warship commander would turn down a 1,000-foot mast?
Why Old-School Airships Now Rule Our Warzones|Bill Sweetman|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"This organized conspiracy on your part," the capstan gurgled, taking his cue from the mast.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
Here and there, but far away, a mast or sail rose above the level surface of the marsh.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
I also put entirely new spars into her, and there stands her old mast.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
The man was raving mad, and the captain was obliged to have him bound hand and foot, and chained to the mast.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
While it lasted flashes of lightning frequently played around the mast-top, occasioned by electricity.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer