mizenmast
- a variation of mizzenmast.
Example Sentences
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Upon attempting to rake her opponent, the Mermaid's mizenmast unfortunately went by the board, so that she fell off, and the maintop-mast almost instantly followed.
From Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 by Gilly, William O. S.
At half-past ten, her mizenmast was shot away, when the frigates changed their position, and attacked her on either quarter.
From The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth by Osler, Edward
One of them had the initial P shining between the foremast and mainmast, and G between the main mast and mizenmast.
From From Lower Deck to Pulpit by Cowling, Henry
The mizenmast had gone by the board, and falling over the starboard side had carried all those upon it into the boiling ocean.
From Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War by Hoggans, T.
The captain at this time stood on the poop, holding on only by a howitzer that was lashed before the mizenmast, the officers and crew clinging to other parts of the wreck.
From Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 by Gilly, William O. S.
