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Definition of Topmasts
1. topmast [n] - See also: topmast
Lexicographical Neighbors of Topmasts
Literary usage of Topmasts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Kedge-anchor, Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Appertaining Tothe Practical by William N. Brady (1882)
"SWAYING UP topmasts. In performing this heavy operation, ... topmasts ascend
comparatively easy until the fid-hole comes within six inches of the ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Near the heads of the lower masts are the tops—platforms on which men can stand—and
m the same place on the topmasts are the " cross- trees,*' of which the ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Near the heads of the lower masts are the tops—platforms on which men can stand—and
in the same place on the topmasts are the " cross- trees," of which the ..."
4. The Kedge-anchor; Or, Young Sailors' Assistant: Or, Young Sailors' Assistant by William N. Brady (1864)
"STRIKING OR HOUSING topmasts. The absence of forethought, or a little practical
precaution on the part of the boatswain and petty officers, is sometimes the ..."
5. The Sailor's Word-book: An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, Including by William Henry Smyth (1867)
"... among the early voyagers for square-rigged vessels having topmasts. TALLY, To.
To haul the sheets aft; as used by Falconer— " And while the lee ..."
6. The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things by John Denison Champlin (1884)
"At the head of each of the lower masts is a kind of platform called the top ;
and at the head of each of the topmasts are cross bars of timber called the ..."
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