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mainmast
/ ˈmeɪnˌmɑːst /
noun
- nautical the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts, being the foremast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy and the second mast from the bow of most others
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The bulwarks, boats, and binnacle were carried clean off, and the mainmast had to be cut away.
He had taken a gun and loaded it with double-headed shot, and kept firing at the mainmast of the Serapis.
At the foot of the mainmast on each side is a brass fair-lead fitted with ten or twelve sheaves (figs. 13 and 14).
The Constitution was sound and whole; the Java had only her mainmast left and was full of yawning rents.
The cabin was roomy, well carpeted, and contained a stationary table through the center of which ran the mainmast of the schooner.
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