jiggermast

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jig⋅ger⋅mast

[jig-er-mast, -mahst; Naut. jig-er-muh

st]

–noun Nautical.

1.	a small mast set well aft in a boat or ship; mizzenmast.

2.	the fourth mast from forward in a ship having five or more masts.

Also, jigger mast.

Also called jigger.

Origin:
1825–35; jigger ¹ + mast ¹

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jiggermast
noun
any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl

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