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Meanings of mainmast in English

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Usage of mainmast in English
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From twenty feet up the mainmast ratlines the picture was very different.
Outposts: journeys to the surviving relics of the british empire
2
One went hand over fist up the mainmast and signalled the Ste.
Heralds of Empire / Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieu...
3
The ship broached-to, and our mainmast and mizzenmast went over the side.
Poor Jack
4
Next we called down the blacks, and arranged them round the mainmast.
Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
5
No rotten hollow in his old white-oak trunk;-soundas a ship's mainmast.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 / A Magazin...
6
If the foremast goes, the mainmast will be pretty sure to follow.
Paddy Finn
7
His face was upturned, gazing at the flapping sail on the mainmast.
Dan Merrithew
8
All at once, by the mainmast, somebody catches him by the arm.
Within the Tides: Tales
9
To this they fastened a flag, and secured it to the mainmast.
Adrift in a Boat
10
I pointed him out to Stanley, who was standing near the mainmast.
In the Wilds of Africa
11
Doubtless the coins placed under the mainmast were to cover such expenses.
The new yorker
12
Avery said, 'Your flag, sir.' He glanced meaningly at the mainmast truck.
Sword of Honour
13
I found him, moist-eyed as usual, leaning against the mainmast doing nothing.
The Mystery
14
They'd have had to fold the mainmast over to get it inside.
Ancient shores
15
Now let those who volunteer for the storming-party come abaft the mainmast.
Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Rev...
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Shiver my mainmast, but you've grown a foot since you went away.
The Soldier Boy; or, Tom Somers in the Army: A Story of the Grea...
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