Foretopman
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop.
"It was a warm night for the latitude; and the Foretopman, whose watch at the time was properly below, was dozing on the uppermost deck whither he had ascended from his hot hammock"
Example
More examples"It was a warm night for the latitude; and the Foretopman, whose watch at the time was properly below, was dozing on the uppermost deck whither he had ascended from his hot hammock"
Etymology
From foretop + -man.
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