How To Use Mizzenmast In A Sentence
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The Macedonian's mizzenmast was gone, her main and foretopmasts carried away, her main yard cut in two, and her ensign had disappeared.
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These braces come down to the ship's sides, or to the heads of the masts fore and aft of those on which the yard is swung; all the mizzen-braces working on the mainmast; the maintopgallant, mainroyal and skysail braces working on the mizzenmast; and the foretopgallant and foreroyal braces working on the mainmast, as is clearly shown in our illustration.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891
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Around the mizzenmast is the after-saloon, with eight cabins leading out of it.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912
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Also, the fore-and-aft sail on the mizzenmast, originally a triangular lateen sail, was changed to accommodate the more modern rig.
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Day dawned on the savage ocean, and in the cold gray light all that could be seen of The Francis Spaight emerging from the sea were the poop, the shattered mizzenmast, and a ragged line of bulwarks.
THE "FRANCIS SPAIGHT"
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Heading aft towards the stern, we found the mizzenmast collapsed, which was why it had not shown up on the sonar.
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The term ship, as usually applied, has reference to a vessel furnished with a bowsprit and three masts -- a mainmast, a foremast and a mizzenmast; and these three masts are each composed of three parts, namely, a lowermast, a topmast, and a topgallant mast.
The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island
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His square-rigged ship with the cross and bones flying from the mizzenmast was a feared sight in the eyes of captains of merchant barques.
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Forward of and round the mizzenmast is the bridge, which is partly formed by the roofs of the large chart-house and laboratory amidships and the two houses on each side.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912
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The crew had formed a circle on the deck around the mizzenmast and the captain, whose back was turned to her.
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Our mizzenmast soon went, and soon afterwards the maintopmast.
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His square-rigged ship with the cross and bones flying from the mizzenmast was a feared sight in the eyes of captains of merchant barques.
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In vain Mahoney strove to get the men to take turns in watching aloft from the mizzenmast for any chance vessel.
THE "FRANCIS SPAIGHT"
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Heading aft towards the stern, we found the mizzenmast collapsed, which was why it had not shown up on the sonar.
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Fresh water, in small quantities, they were able to obtain by holding a cover of a tureen under the saddle of the mizzenmast.
THE "FRANCIS SPAIGHT"
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Also, the fore-and-aft sail on the mizzenmast, originally a triangular lateen sail, was changed to accommodate the more modern rig.
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Over our head, from the jiggermast, the steel stays that carry the three jigger-trysails descend high above the break of the poop and across the main deck to the mizzenmast.
CHAPTER XLIV
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Tarangini is a ‘Barque’, which means she is square rigged on the fore and mainmasts and fore and aft rigged on the mizzenmast.
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In vain Mahoney strove to get the men to take turns in watching aloft from the mizzenmast for any chance vessel.
THE "FRANCIS SPAIGHT"
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He made his way to the yam sacks lashed abaft the mizzenmast and got his bottle.
CHAPTER XI
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Besides overseeing the continuous adjustment, by trimming of sails and orders to the helmsman, of the Arangi to her way on the sea, and overseeing the boat’s crew at its task of washing deck and polishing brasswork, he was engaged in steadily nipping from a stolen bottle of his captain’s whiskey which he had stowed away in the hollow between the two sacks of yams lashed on deck aft the mizzenmast.
CHAPTER VII
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Besides overseeing the continuous adjustment, by trimming of sails and orders to the helmsman, of the Arangi to her way on the sea, and overseeing the boat's crew at its task of washing deck and polishing brasswork, he was engaged in steadily nipping from a stolen bottle of his captain's whiskey which he had stowed away in the hollow between the two sacks of yams lashed on deck aft the mizzenmast.
Chapter 7
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She landed on the mizzenmast and cut it down as she had the main.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny
