masthead

noun

The top of a mast.

noun

The listing in a newspaper or periodical of information about its staff, operation, and circulation.

noun

The title of a newspaper or periodical as it appears across the first page, front cover, or title page.

To raise to the masthead; place or display at the masthead.

To punish, as a sailor, by sending to the masthead (the top of one of the lower masts) for a certain or an indefinite time.

noun

The top or head of the mast of a ship or vessel; technically, the top or head of the lower mast, but by extension the highest point of the mast.

noun

One who is stationed at the masthead: as, the sundown masthead.

noun

The top or head of a mast; the part of a mast above the hounds.

transitive verb

To cause to go to the masthead as a punishment.

noun

The top of a mast.