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mainmast head

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The top of a sailing ship’s mainmast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

Examples

  • 1912, George H. Read, The Last Cruise of the Saginaw, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Chapter 2, p. 12, With the homeward-bound pennant flying from the mainmast head and with the contractor’s working party on board, we sailed from the Midway Islands on Friday, October 29, at 4 P.M. for San Francisco.

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