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Under the lee of the stone warehouse, on the solidity of the wharf, the land, Roger Brevard watched the Nautilus while one by one the topsails were sheeted home and the yards mastheaded.

From Java Head by Hergesheimer, Joseph

I'll not speak of it as spiled, though a prettier and a better bit of bunting was never mastheaded.

From The Honour of the Flag by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)

Your yards stay mastheaded mostly by force o' habit, hey?

From Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" by Hains, T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins)

All the same though, the sails were all loosed in about a minute, it seemed, and the yards mastheaded.

From The Ghost Pirates by Hodgson, William Hope

And in this stretch of ocean, lookouts were mastheaded at day-dawn and kept mastheaded until twilight of evening, when the Mary Turner was hove-to, to hold her position through the night. 

From Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack