(1) It would be better to replace the mainmast as well as the foremast while we had the chance.

(2) As they surged against the mainmast they broke and splashed in foam and spray which flicked into the cabins.

(3) I walked aft until I reached the mainmast.

(4) I placed my palms against the mainmast, which was of a goodish bigness, and waited, every nerve upon the stretch.

(5) It has two masts: a traditional mainmast as on a sloop, plus a smaller mast in the rear of the boat, called the mizzenmast.

(6) The breaking of her mainmast, she had great damage on board, and that a great part of her cargo was spoiled.

(7) One of the main shrouds, the ropes which supported the mainmast, was about to break.

(8) Jess turned sharply and saw a tall Negro coming from behind the mainmast.

(9) During that crucial ten minutes I feared the wind pressure would rip the mainmast out.

(10) The worst situation was amidships, by the base of the mainmast.

(11) With the sun shining on them, the insects became more active, and climbed the mainmast.

(12) The head of the house obtained a situation as mainmast in a very fine ship, and can sail round the world when he will.

(13) Nautical A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with at least two masts, a foremast, and a mainmast stepped nearly amidships.

(14) On destroyers the antenna is on the tip of the mainmast , 80 feet above the water.

(15) They came on out on the pier in the blazing sunlight, however, and halted opposite the mainmast to look at me.

(16) We met with very bad weather again, in which the ship sprung her mainmast.

(17) When Columbus set sail in 1492, his own flagship was shorter than Zheng's mainmast and barely twice as long as the big man's rudder.