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trysail mast

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noun Nautical.

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

Origin of trysail mast

First recorded in 1760–70

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Historical Examples of 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