topmast
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of topmast
Example Sentences
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On the way to Gloucester the fore topmast of Bluenose buckled.
From Time Magazine Archive
Readers of Commodore Hornblower will find it built on the same lines as its predecessors: its topmast in a cloud of fantastic thrills, its keel afloat in Royal Navy lore.
From Time Magazine Archive
The main topmast came down, carrying away the main radio antenna, so that Sparks thought his SOS was not transmitted.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Dunmore’s mizzenmast, cracked by shot, collapsed, and took with it the main topmast.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
We unbent the storm-trysail and storm-foresail, and bent the large foresail; being rather short-handed, we left our topmast housed during this voyage.
From The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad by E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight
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