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Meanings of main mast in English

Russian
грот-мачта
Spanish
palo mayor

Ship element.

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        грот-мачта
        Usage of main mast in English
        1
        With a sigh he sat down, his back against the main mast.
        The Lost Sisterhood
        2
        He placed his hand on the shrouds of the main mast.
        A Final Reckoning: A Tale of Bush Life in Australia
        3
        Had the main mast stood, he felt that she must have gone over.
        For Name and Fame; Or, Through Afghan Passes
        4
        Ask what matters, and no beating around the main mast!
        Jarka Ruus
        5
        The last Duff saw of Gary he was backed against the main mast defending himself.
        Ralph Granger's Fortunes
        6
        Well, the captain brought up at the main mast.
        By What Authority?
        7
        The upper part of a vessel's side from abaft the main mast to the stern.
        Anson's Voyage Round the World / The Text Reduced
        8
        More than that, there is n't a man-jack of the crew aft of the main mast.
        Gordon Craig, Soldier of Fortune
        9
        We must get a little sail on the main mast, and try to edge out of it.
        At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War
        10
        But I can declare she is a man-of-war, for a long pennant flutters from her main mast.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
        11
        Her main mast was shot away.
        This Country of Ours
        12
        Suddenly a man who had been sent into the crow's nest on the main mast gave a hail.
        The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic
        13
        The stay sail was run down, but the men hung back from ascending the shrouds of the main mast.
        At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War
        14
        James glanced up and saw a man in what looked like a wooden bucket, attached to the main mast.
        James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
        15
        One of them had the initial P shining between the foremast and mainmast, and G between the main mast and mizenmast.
        From Lower Deck to Pulpit
        16
        When the men in the brig had hauled this block on board they fastened it to the stump of the main mast.
        The Thorogood Family
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        Translations for main mast
        Spanish
        palo mayor
        Main mast through the time
        Main mast across language varieties
        United Kingdom
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