Crossword clues for mainmast
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mast \Mast\, n. [AS. m[ae]st, masc.; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw. mast, Icel. mastr, and perh. to L. malus.]
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(Naut.) A pole, or long, strong, round piece of timber, or spar, set upright in a boat or vessel, to sustain the sails, yards, rigging, etc. A mast may also consist of several pieces of timber united by iron bands, or of a hollow pillar of iron or steel.
The tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral.
--Milton.Note: The most common general names of masts are foremast, mainmast, and mizzenmast, each of which may be made of separate spars.
(Mach.) The vertical post of a derrick or crane.
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(A["e]ronautics) A spar or strut to which tie wires or guys are attached for stiffening purposes.
Afore the mast, Before the mast. See under Afore, and Before.
Mast coat. See under Coat.
Mast hoop, one of a number of hoops attached to the fore edge of a boom sail, which slip on the mast as the sail is raised or lowered; also, one of the iron hoops used in making a made mast. See Made.
Wiktionary
n. (context nautical English) The chief, and tallest mast of a sailing ship that has more than one mast.
WordNet
n. the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts
Usage examples of "mainmast".
He and Donfil had begun to climb toward the mainmast when Ogg beckoned them back onto the streaming deck.
Blade saw one wrap his whip around the mainmast so violently that he fell off the gangway with a crash.
Shrouds parted with dismal twangs and the mainmast went over with a tremendous crash, amid a chorus of furious yells.
Then the mainmast tottered, toppled, and crashed down squarely on the deck of the first galley.
Captain Jonathan Haraden, the most famous Salem privateersman of the Revolution, made the rigging for the mainmast in his loft.
Turning, he yelled down in the direction of the mainmast, where a large black, furry mass lay half asleep, purring sonorously.
Down by the mainmast, a seated Hunkapa Aub saw the blue luminescence and delightedly clapped two massive hands together.
The try-works are planted between the foremast and mainmast, the most roomy part of the deck.
A few paces forward of the mainmast was the tryworks, the ovens that would render the flesh of the whales, providing the clear, valuable oil that would be stored in the hundreds of barrels that rested in the depths of the hold.
The lookout at the top of the mainmast was still pointing dead ahead of them, to where Ryan figured he could see the birds waiting for the reappearance of the monster.
It was probably only his fevered imagination, distorted in his memory by fear and terror, but the last stavanzer had looked big enough to swallow the entire ship and use the mainmast for a toothpick.
Cables were being readied for securing to one of those last blocks when work was interrupted by a frantic cry from the mainmast lookout.
When the icerigger was on a starboard tack, the lookout in the mainmast basket could see into such gaps in the rock wall.
So they all pitched in to help take down the mainmast, laying it out along the decking, folding up the sails and spars and tucking them away, and tossing overboard the extra supplies they could afford to let go.
The thing that hung from the mainmast moved quickly in response, leaping through the rigging, changing the set of the sail, the tautness of the radian draws, and thereby the direction of the airship.