mainmast

Examples

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• Jumping aboard, she seized the boathook and pushed off, then scrambled to the mainmast and yanked at the halyard.

  Fiction book (1994)

• She wrapped her arms around the mainmast in a painful rush of gratitude, pressing her face to the warm wood.

  Fiction book (1994)

• With seas as high as the mainmast.

  Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

• That mainmast needs attention, Mr. Fryer.

  Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

• Take their gear and pile it near the mainmast until the captain decides where to put them.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I thought I heard a sail tear on the mainmast, so you better check it for me. "Yes, sir," Artus managed to reply.

  Fiction book (1992)

• It flew from the mainmast of the old Star of Madagascar nearly 40 years ago.

  Titanic (1953)

• But they hung on, as ancient sailors in pounding seas clung to the mainmast, with the same faith in better times to come.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Artus walked stiffly to the mainmast, where the sailors had dumped their gear.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The mainmast of the ship swayed gently in the afternoon breeze as the crew prepared to set sail.

Synonyms

M

mast

vsmainmast

50 4.2

A tall pole that holds sails, flags, or antennas

is the specific principal pole on a vessel with multiple upright poles

S

shipmast

vsmainmast

1 3.6

A tall pole on a ship that holds the sails and ropes

is the principal pole when a vessel has two or more such poles

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology