Definition of "main-topmast" [main-topmast]

• The mast next above the mainmast. (noun)

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• ""Of course not," was Daughtry's judgment, as he dashed across the deck, crawled through the confusion of the main-topmast and its many stays that blocked the way, and found the tiny, white morsel of life perched on a bunk-edge, ruffling its feathers, erecting and flattening its rosy crest, and cursing in honest human speech the waywardness of the world and of ships and humans upon the sea."
• "The masts and main-topmast were somewhat attacked by decay, while the rest of the spars were good."
• "Shortly after midnight, however, his main-topmast went over the side, and the mizen - topmast soon afterward."