Definitions for mizzenmasts

mizzenmasts miz·zen·mast

Spelling: [miz-uh n-mast, -mahst; Nautical miz-
IPA: /ˈmɪz ənˌmæst, -ˌmɑst; Nautical ˈmɪz ən məst/

Mizzenmasts is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 35 points.

You can make 531 anagrams from letters in mizzenmasts (aeimmnsstzz).

Definitions for mizzenmasts

noun

  1. the third mast from forward in a vessel having three or more masts.
  2. the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy; jiggermast.
  3. the third mast from forward in a vessel having three or more masts.
  4. the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy; jiggermast.

Origin of mizzenmasts

First recorded in 1375-1425, mizzenmast is from the late Middle English word meson mast. See mizzen, mast1

Examples for mizzenmasts

Teach, to the fore; Raveneau, to the main; and Rock, to the mizzenmast.

She had lost her mizzenmast, and her other masts and several of her yards were injured.

The mast upon which the smaller sail is set is known as the mizzenmast.

I knew right off that there was something up the mizzenmast.

Away to leeward we discovered the Canada, with her main-topmast and mizzenmast gone.

The length is measured from the mizzenmast to the bow, and the beam from edge to edge.

It fell quickly, and as it fell it bore down the mizzenmast.

In the yawl the mizzenmast is always stepped aft of the rudder-post.

It does not matter about the mizzenmast, but the yard is of importance.

Captain Winslow's shells cut the mizzenmast of the Alabama in two.

It does not matter about the mizzenmast, but the yard is of importance.

The mast upon which the smaller sail is set is known as the mizzenmast.

She had lost her mizzenmast, and her other masts and several of her yards were injured.

Captain Winslow's shells cut the mizzenmast of the Alabama in two.

Away to leeward we discovered the Canada, with her main-topmast and mizzenmast gone.

In the yawl the mizzenmast is always stepped aft of the rudder-post.

The length is measured from the mizzenmast to the bow, and the beam from edge to edge.

It fell quickly, and as it fell it bore down the mizzenmast.

I knew right off that there was something up the mizzenmast.

Teach, to the fore; Raveneau, to the main; and Rock, to the mizzenmast.

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