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Keywords: ketch, yawl, mast, aft, aftermost

Hindmost; nearest the stern; as, the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc.

The hindmost of the fore and aft sails of a three-masted vessel; also, the spanker.

The shorter aft mast on a yawl or ketch. Any mast that is no longer there.

(or mizen): the name for the third, aftermost, mast of a square-rigged sailing ship or of a three-masted schooner.

The aftermost mast which supports all the after sails.

Prefix referring a component of the mizzen-mast... mizzen-chains, mizzen backstay, etc.

third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy

fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast

The sail of a ketch, yawl, or three masted schooner on the aft mast

The small mast stepped at or near the stern of a barge, and the sail set on the mizzen mast. It can be sprit- or gaff-rigged.

A fore and aft sail flown on the mizzenmast.

the sail set on the aftermast of a yawl or ketch.

The sail set on the second (aftermost, or rear) mast - as on a ketch.

staysail - Sail on a ketch or yawl, usually lightweight, set from, and forward of, the mizzen mast while reaching in light to moderate air.

the shorter mast behind the main mast on a ketch or yawl

a fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast. Square Rigging Fore & Aft Rigging

The lowest sail on the mizzenmast. The third mast on a ship of three or more masts. (See rigging illustration.)

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Keywords: rear, ship

Rear of a ship.

Keywords: can't, find, object, you

An object you can't find.