Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mast erected at the head of the foremast, above the foretop.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) The mast erected at the head of the foremast, and at the head of which stands the fore-topgallant mast; the mast next above the foremast. See
ship .
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- noun the topmast next above the foremast
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Examples
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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 2010
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The full-jib was also set, and, as it departed in shreds, the fore-topmast staysail was being hoisted.
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More of the sailors took advantage of the interval to rush for'ard under the toppling fore-topmast, dive into the forecastle, and hastily pack their sea-bags.
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The port shrouds of the foremast carried away at the chain-plates, and the fore-topmast leaned over drunkenly to starboard.
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Then the fore-topmast would fall, yards would fall.
Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962
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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 Forester, C. S. 1958
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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.
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The fore-topmast is a - complainin 'like anythink, I can tell ye, sir.
The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin
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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 Henry [Illustrator] Austin
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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.
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