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mainmastman

mainmastman noun: a sailor assigned to the mainmast.

Noun

mainmastman (plural mainmastmen)

  1. A sailor assigned to the mainmast
    • […] the mainmastmen unhook the tackles when the barrels are landed.1863, William H. Parker, Questions on Practical Seamanship: together with harbor routine and evolutions prepared for the midshipmen of the C. S. Navy, Richmond, Virginia, page 40
    • Now there was a veteran aboard who because his years began to disqualify him for more active work had been recently assigned duty as mainmastman in his watch, looking to the gear belayed at the rail roundabout that great spar near the deck.1924, Herman Melville, chapter 8, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.

Forms of mainmastman

pluralmainmastmen

Origin of mainmastman

From mainmast + -man.

Questions about mainmastman

What does mainmastman mean?
Mainmastman means a sailor assigned to the mainmast.
What part of speech is mainmastman?
Mainmastman is a noun.
What is the plural of mainmastman?
The plural of mainmastman is mainmastmen.

Words near mainmastman in the dictionary

  1. mainlining
  2. mainly
  3. mainmast
  4. mainmast head
  5. mainmast heads
  6. mainmastman
  7. mainmastmen
  8. mainmasts
  9. mainmortable
  10. mainmortables
  11. mainnet

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