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nounthe chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more maststype of:
Definition that contains mainmast
- mainsail the lowermost sail on the mainmast
- mainstay the forestay that braces the mainmast
- brigantine two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
- hermaphrodite brig two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
- main-topsail a topsail set on the mainmast
- main-topmast the topmast next above the mainmast