fore-topmast

NOUN
  1. the topmast next above the foremast
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How To Use fore-topmast In A Sentence

  • The full-jib was also set, and, as it departed in shreds, the fore-topmast staysail was being hoisted. CHAPTER XXXVIII
  • Jane_, as the fore-topmast had soon snapped off sharp at the cap like a carrot, bringing with it, of course, the fore-topgallant mast as well, and the main-topgallant mast, with their respective yards and other spars, and the jib-boom as well. Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek
  • In our illustration the vessel has set her fore studding-sail, her fore-topmast studding-sail and her fore-topgallant studding-sail -- studding-sail being pronounced stu'nsail, just as topgallant-sail is telescoped into topgantsail. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891
  • The full-jib was also set, and, as it departed in shreds, the fore-topmast staysail was being hoisted. CHAPTER XXXVIII
  • A sorry, pitiful sight she looked, her fore-topmast broken off clean at the cap, her sails shivering in the wind. Hornblower In The West Indies
  • The fore-topmast is a - complainin 'like anythink, I can tell ye, sir. The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea
  • There was a lookout on the fore-topmast crosstrees; but almost every one was looking out in the direction where some trace of David and Jonathan might be discovered. Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek
  • The full-jib was also set, and, as it departed in shreds, the fore-topmast staysail was being hoisted. CHAPTER XXXVIII
  • We had hauled the trysails and other fore and aft canvas, which was comparatively useless to a steamer when running before the wind at the time we had altered course towards the south, in quest of the ship in distress, the _Star of the North_ speeding along with only her fore - topsail and fore-topgallantsail set in addition to her fore-topmast staysail and mizzen staysail and jib. The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea
  • Captain Doane shouted to one of the sailors who had just emerged from the forecastle scuttle, sea - bag in hand, and over whom the fore-topmast was swaying giddily. CHAPTER XV
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