mizzen
noun
a fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast.
mizen
-
a variation of
mizzen.
Example Sentences
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In thirty seconds four bits of bunting flew out from the mizen royal-mast head.
From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by William Young
This crash proved to be the fall of the mizen and top-gallant masts.
From A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas by Fanny Loviot
It carried only seven guns and a dozen muskets, had no more sails than the "uppermost of the mizen," was short of ammunition and food, and even of water.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury
“The cook’s waiting, sir,” said the steward, who was trying to steady himself by keeping firm hold of the mizen rigging.
From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Gordon Stables
Subsequently the Essex hoisted her motto flag at the fore, and another on the mizen mast, with one American ensign at the mizen peak and a second lashed on the main rigging.
From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Andrew Macgeorge
