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main-topmast
main-top·mast
/
ˌmeɪnˈtɒpˌmæst, -ˌmɑst;
Nautical
ˌmeɪnˈtɒp
məst
/
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[
meyn-
top
-mast, -mahst;
Nautical
meyn-
top
-m
uh
st
]
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noun
Nautical
.
the mast next above the main lower mast.
Origin:
1485–95
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main-topmast
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n
nautical
the mast immediately above the mainmast
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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