royal mast
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of royal mast
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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And thus, with one hand clinging round the royal mast, Ahab gazed abroad upon the sea for miles and miles,—ahead, astern, this side, and that,—within the wide expanded circle commanded at so great a height.
From Moby Dick, or, the whale by Melville, Herman
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
Apart from such spars as they had managed to secure, they had a spare topmast lashed along under the larboard bulwarks, and a spare t'gallant and royal mast lying along the starboard side.
From The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" by Hodgson, William Hope
Masts: The masts of a full-rigged three-masted ship are the following: Fore-mast, topmast, topgallant-mast, royal mast.
From Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced by Household, H. W.
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
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