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Something sailors may see over the horizon
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topmast
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context nautical English) The highest mast in a fore-and-aft-rigged ship. 2 (context nautical English) The mast below the topgallant mast in a square-rigged ship.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Topmast \Top"mast\, n. (Naut.) The second mast, or that which is next above the lower mast, and below the topgallant mast.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The masts of traditional sailing ships were not single spars, but were constructed of separate sections or masts, each with its own rigging . The topmast is one of these. The topmast is semi-permanently attached to the upper front of the lower mast, at ...
Usage examples of topmast.
The Minerve now had jury topmasts and the Nereide something in the way of a main and a mizen, while caulkers and carpenters were busy about them both: the Iphigenia had already sailed.
After reaching the futtock shrouds, he swung out and over, stepping on up the topmast.
The topmast men handled the sails with perfect timing, and the bows swung through a wide.
I have brought her circling from round my shoulders to my waist and thence, with her masts all sloping inwards, to my knees, and lower still and downwards till her topmast pennants flutter against my ankles, then I, Nooz Wana, Whelmer of Ships, lift up my feet and trample her beams asunder, and there go up again to the surface of the Straits only a few broken, timbers and the memories of the sailors and of their early loves to drift for ever down the empty seas.
Hawsers bowsed as tight as can be, and God help us if we have to strike topmasts.
Spalato, rendered tedious by capricious winds varying from a furious bora, shrieking down from the north and blowing the foretopmast staysail from its boltrope to very gentle breezes right aft that often died away to a flat calm, and by the hazardous nature of the Dalmatian coast with its many islands, not to say vile reefs, Stephen spent much of his time aloft, at the topmast cross-trees.
So while he was being patient in the topmast trestletrees, Jack looked down at the crew, struggling up the ratlines and coughing, spitting, and scratching themselves just like the audience in a theatre, waiting for the show to begin.
It lies on the trestletrees and crosstrees about five parts of the way up the foremast: and so the remaining length of lower mast runs double with the topmast, just as these two do here.
The topmasts now followed, whereupon the fore, main, and mizzenmasts were cut into suitable lengths for handling and for use as lumber ashore.
When the lower mast, the topmasts, and the royals were sawn and split, the principal pieces of the raft were ready.
They would not know that men carefully tended the smoke-rich fires, or that the topmasts, guns and sails were held safe ashore.
The topmast men were already half-way up the shrouds, and another gang was manning the capstan to weigh the anchor.
The topmast anticked high in the air for a space, then crashed down to deck, permitting the bowsprit to dip into the sea, go clear with the butt of it of the forecastle head, and drag alongside.
Fortunately, the Mardukan lookout had remained at his post at the fore topmast crosstrees, twelve meters above them.
A Marine private was now perched at the fore topmast crosstrees beside the Mardukan lookout, using her helmet systems to refine the data.