topmast

IPA: tʌpmˈæst

Examples of "topmast" in Sentences

Correctly speaking, a jib is set on the topmast forestay.
The mizzen topmast stay goes to the hounds of the main mast.
Shortly afterwards the fore topmast staysail was blown to bits.
The distinctive spar is in fact, though not in name, a running topmast.
The main topmast stay attaches to the hounds of the foremast, or comes on deck.
In the high winds the topmast breaks, throwing a popular crewman into the water.