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TOPMAST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does topmast mean?
• TOPMAST (noun)
The noun TOPMAST has 1 sense:
1. the mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-aft rig
Familiarity information: TOPMAST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-aft rig
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("topmast" is a kind of...):
mast (a vertical spar for supporting sails)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "topmast"):
fore-topmast (the topmast next above the foremast)
main-topmast (the topmast next above the mainmast)
royal mast (topmast immediately above the topgallant mast)
topgallant; topgallant mast (a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel)
Context examples
But when the butt of the topmast was level with the rail, everything came to a standstill.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
From the deck to the truck of the maintopmast is something over a hundred feet, while the foremast with its topmast is eight or ten feet shorter.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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