ˈmizen-mast Naut.
The aftermost mast of a three-masted ship.
| 1486 Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 14 A Mayne Meson mast for the said Ship. 1505 in Ld. Treas. Acc. Scotl. (1901) III. 86 Item,..for ane mozan mast and ane pege mast. 1556 Burrough in Hakluyt Voy. (1599) I. 275 The Pinnesse bare her Myssen mast ouer boord with flagge and all. 1748 Anson's Voy. ii. iv. 161 To make a mizen-mast for the Wager. 1895 R. Leighton Under Foeman's Flag xxi, Her mizen-mast had been shot away in the battle. |