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Definition of Fore-topmast
1. Noun. The topmast next above the foremast.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fore-topmast
Literary usage of Fore-topmast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"If the bowsprit is lifted the fore-topmast loses part of its support. In the case
of a small vessel, the lifting of a bowsprit would wreck her whole system ..."
2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1856)
"Ship Vandalia, on the edge of the Gulf Stream ; which shattered the fore-topmast,
split several blocks, and parted topgallant-sheets. 27th. ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1856)
"Ship Vandalia, on the edge of the Gulf Stream ; which shattered the fore-topmast,
split several blocks, and parted topgallant-sheets. 27th. ..."
4. Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping by Herbert B. Mason (1908)
"Fore topmast-back stays. The stays which are led down to the vessel's side from the
... Fore topmast-head. The upper part of the second division of the ..."
5. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"The standing part of the halliards is seized or hitched to the fore topmast
spring-stay, then rove through a block in the head of the sail, ..."
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