Definition of "topmasts" [topmasts]

• Plural form of topmast. (noun)

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• "The staffs themselves were like ships 'masts, with topmasts spliced on in true nautical fashion, with shrouds, ratlines, gaffs, and flag-halyards."
• "There were vast, bulging sprawls of canvas on the foremast and mainmast, smaller spreads on the topmasts, three triangular sails stretched toward the repaired bowsprit, and more sails improvised in places Hap had never seen them before."
• "True, the wind itself tore our canvas out of the gaskets, jerked out our topmasts, and made a raffle of our running gear, but still we would have come through nicely had we not been square in front of the advancing storm center."