The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fore-topmast
Fore-topmast \Fore`-top"mast\, n. (Naut.) The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast; the mast next above the foremast. See Ship.
WordNet
fore-topmast
n. the topmast next above the foremast
Usage examples of "fore-topmast".
He waved his arm, and saw the slender head of the fore-topmast stay-sail rising up the stay, and the ship lay over wildly to the pressure.
We had scarcely got up a new fore-topmast and set sail again, when the Naiad, who had exchanged numbers with me, passed the schooner without taking possession of her, and was very soon not a mile from us.