Associations to the word «Topmast»

Wiktionary

TOPMAST, noun. (nautical) The highest mast in a fore-and-aft-rigged ship.
TOPMAST, noun. (nautical) The mast below the topgallant mast in a square-rigged ship.

Dictionary definition

TOPMAST, noun. The mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-aft rig.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats