royal mast
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of royal mast
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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The lowest section was ten inches square and tapered upwards to the small royal mast at a prospective height of one hundred and twenty feet.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
Further, they ordered the same to be fitted to the foretopmast and the spare t'gallant and royal mast.
From The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by Hodgson, William Hope
The foremast still stood, complete to the royal mast and all the yards across, but every instant I expected to find myself hurling through the air.
From Heroes of the Goodwin Sands by Treanor, Thomas Stanley
The gentleman had the air of a military man: short, erect as a royal mast, with plenty of whiskers and moustache, though he wore his chin cropped.
From The Honour of the Flag by Russell, W. Clark (William Clark)
Many in the West are our Kings and Princes noble, Orchards bend double beneath their fruitage vast; Sloes upon the thorn-bush shine in blue abundance, Oaks in redundance drop the royal mast.
From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval
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