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   royal mast

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   • 1. a section of a sailing ship's mast above the topgallant.

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   What is a royal mast?

   • Masts: The masts of a full-rigged three-masted ship are the following: Fore-mast, topmast, topgallant-mast, royal mast. The third mate would keep him two hours on end, larnin' to rig out a sterns'l boom, or grease a royal mast. Royal mast definition: a mast situated immediately above, and generally formed as a single spar with, a topgallant mast..

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   When was royal mast first used?

   • The earliest known use of the noun royal mast is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for royal mast is from 1782, in the writing of John Trumbull, poet and judge in the United States of America. royal mast is formed within English, by compounding.

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   What is a nautical mast?

   • , Nautical. a mast situated immediately above, and generally formed as a single spar with, a topgallant mast. Topmast: The next mast to the lower mast; in ships, the topmast is succeeded by top-gallant mast and royal mast. The smoke of her gun was sailing off to leeward in a little cloud, and signals were again flying at her main-royal-mast-head.

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   What is a topgallant mast?

   • ( nautical) The fourth and highest part of the mast from the deck, commonly made in one piece with the topgallant mast.

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   (ˈrɔɪəl mɑːst ) noun. nautical. the mast just above the topgallant. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. royal mast in American English. a small mast next above a topgallant mast. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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     royalmast in British English. (ˈrɔɪəlˌmɑːst ) noun. the...

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   Royal mast definition: a mast situated immediately above, and generally formed as a single spar with, a topgallant mast.. See examples of ROYAL MAST used in a sentence.

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   There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun royal mast. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Define royal mast. royal mast synonyms, royal mast pronunciation, royal mast translation, English dictionary definition of royal mast. also roy·al mast n. Nautical The small section of mast immediately above the topgallant mast on a square-rigged sailing vessel.

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   4 days ago · IPA guide. Other forms: royal masts. Definitions of royal mast. noun. topmast immediately above the topgallant mast. see more.

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   royalmast in British English. (ˈrɔɪəlˌmɑːst ) noun. the highest part of a mast. Collins English Dictionary.

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   royal mast (plural royal masts) The fourth and highest part of the mast from the deck, commonly made in one piece with the topgallant mast.