ˈmizen-ˈtopmast Naut.
The mast next above the lower mizen-mast. Also attrib.
| 1626 Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 13 The misen top mast. 1692 Capt. Smith's Seaman's Gram. i. xiv. 63 Mizan Topmast Shrowds... Mizan Topmast Stay... Mizan Topmast Crowfoot. 1755 Gentl. Mag. XXV. 184 With the blue flag at the mizentopmast head of the Monarch. 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. i. iii. 16 The main topsail braces..are seized to the mizen topmast-head. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. s.v. Stay, The mizen-topmast stay is that which comes to the hounds of the main-mast. |