mizzen
noun
a fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast.
mizen
-
a variation of
mizzen.
Example Sentences
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She had an enormous lateen foresail, and a mizen, and she subsequently formed a picturesque object in Wynne’s sketches.
From The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk by G. Christopher Davies
In a few minutes the mizen mast of the Java went over, and as her foremast had gone long before, nothing but the main mast was left standing.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
“Marines! up the rigging, there, into the mizen and main tops!” shouted the captain, “and bring those men down.”
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by George Manville Fenn
So I took p. 247down the ship-light from the mizen shroud, and held it between my knees that it might shine on the needle, and it was curious how much warmth came from this lantern.
From The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" by John MacGregor
At length, the mizen mast was cut in two by a shot, about ten feet from the deck, while with every roll of the ship the weakened foremast threatened to swell the wreck.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
