masthead
noun
a statement printed in all issues of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually on the editorial page, giving the publication's name, the names of the owner and staff, etc.
mastheaded
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past participleof masthead.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof masthead.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
mastheadnouna statement printed in all issues of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually on the editorial page, giving the publication's name, the names of the owner and staff, etc.
Example Sentences
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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 Joseph Hergesheimer
Your yards stay mastheaded mostly by force o' habit, hey?
From Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" by T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains
Tail on again, my hearties, and let us get this yard mastheaded, then our heavy work will be done for the present.
From Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship by W. Herbert Holloway
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 Jack London
“You shan’t be mastheaded for that;” and he clapped the young officer merrily on the back.
From The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise by W. S. (Walter S.) Stacey
