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royal mast
or royal·mast
noun
, Nautical.
- a mast situated immediately above, and generally formed as a single spar with, a topgallant mast.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of royal mast1
First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences
Topmast: The next mast to the lower mast; in ships, the topmast is succeeded by top-gallant mast and royal mast.
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The smoke of her gun was sailing off to leeward in a little cloud, and signals were again flying at her main-royal-mast-head.
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He could feel the royal mast swaying and whipping like a fishing-rod—the stays were as tight as the strings of a fiddle.
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Masts: The masts of a full-rigged three-masted ship are the following: Fore-mast, topmast, topgallant-mast, royal mast.
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The third mate would keep him two hours on end, larnin' to rig out a sterns'l boom, or grease a royal mast.
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