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Mainmast

//ˈmeɪn.mæst// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The tallest mast of a sailing ship that has more than one mast; particularly a full-rigged ship.

    "O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls! sometimes to see ’em, and not to see ’em; now the ship boring the moon with her main-mast, and anon swallowed with yest and froth, as you’ld thrust a cork into a hogshead."

  2. 2
    the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts wordnet
  3. 3
    The second-foremost mast of a non-sailing ship with more than one mast.

Etymology

From main + mast.

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