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mizzenmast
mizzenmast
See also: mizzen-mast
English
![](http://llc12.www.definify.com/images_main/Belgian_barquentine_Mercator._Trinidad,_c._1960.jpg)
The Belgian barquentine Mercator shown here has three masts: a square-rigged foremast on the left, a fore-and-aft-rigged mainmast in the middle, and a fore-and-aft-rigged mizzenmast on the right.
Alternative forms
Noun
mizzenmast (plural mizzenmasts)
- (nautical) The aftmost mast on a ship having three or more masts
- (nautical) The second mast of a ship having two masts where the second one is shorter, such as a ketch or yawl
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Translations
nautical: aftmost mast
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