trysail mast

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noun Nautical.

a small auxiliary mast fastened just abaft the mainmast or foremast of a sailing vessel.

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Nearby words

tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase, tryptophanase, tryptophane, tryptophanuria, trysail, trysail mast, tryst, trysting place, tryworks, trèves, trémie

Origin of trysail mast

First recorded in 1760–70

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Examples from the Web for trysail mast

But the wonder of wonders is the iron pivot of a trysail-mast that was driven clean through the chest of a Scarborough lad.
Haunted London|Walter Thornbury