mizzenmast

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The third mast aft on a sailing vessel having three or more masts.

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The mast aft of the mainmast on a ketch or yawl.

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The mast that supports the mizzen; the aftermost mast of a three-masted vessel.

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plural The lower-mast, topmast, and topgallantmast of the mast next abaft the mainmast.

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the third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy.

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The aftmost mast on a ship having three or more masts

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The shorter, after mast of a ship having two masts, such as a ketch or yawl

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third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy