Place the foremast one seventh of this length from the stem; the mainmast three sevenths from the foremast, and the mizzenmast two sevenths from the mainmast.
The mainmast of the flagship Bristol was hit nine times, and the mizzenmast was struck by seven thirty-two-pound balls, and had to be cut away.
Our rascals for'ard might scale the poop; or cross aloft from mizzenmast to jigger and descend upon our heads; but how they could invade us through the floor was beyond me.
For if they did sever the braces that lead aft into our hands, they would be compelled to rig new braces for'ard in some fashion, else, in the rolling, would the mizzenmast be stripped of every spar.
Around the mizzenmast is the after-saloon, with eight cabins leading out of it.
Forward of and round the mizzenmast is the bridge, which is partly formed by the roofs of the large chart-house and laboratory amidships and the two houses on each side.
The oldmizzenmast has been converted into a bowsprit and jib-boom in one piece.
Every sail on the mizzenmast vanished in a rush of flame, compelling the two men to crouch and shield their faces.
He broke off to gaze with dropped jaw at a spiral of smoke that coiled and twisted in the lee of the mizzenmast twenty feet above the deck.
And oh that our stout mizzenmastwere standing yet!
I myself, being fastened to the mizzenmast with a rope, had only my head out of water.
The captain hath ordered the mizzenmast cut away, the better to keep us before the wind.
I went on deck; the lantern still burned at the stump of mizzenmast but the lookout was gone.
The mizzenmast always occupies a position forward of the rudder-post.
In the yawl the mizzenmastis always stepped aft of the rudder-post.
This is done so that it will not follow the mizzenmast when it swings from one position to another.
Harry," said Roger, "that is the mizzenmast come down, and it has injured some poor fellow!
She had still her mizzenmast standing; but otherwise she was as badly damaged as her companion, and was undergoing the same repairs and refit.
Away to leeward we discovered the Canada, with her main-topmast and mizzenmast gone.
The mainmast, as if torn up by some invisible hand, fell over the side, the foremast and mizzenmast following in quick succession.
They were right, for scarcely had the Frenchmen's cheers ceased, than down also fell their mizzenmast with a tremendous crash, evidently doing much damage.
Suddenly we saw themizzenmast of the Spaniard totter.
By a rare chance, the ponderous ball struck the starboard shrouds, snapping them like packthread, and hurled on aslant the after deck, to chip a splinter from the mizzenmast and smash a great hole through the roof of the cabin.
And so, presently, I had come to the lowest part, where the bight of the rope dipped downward in a bow towards the weed, and rose again to the mizzenmast of the hulk.
The mizzenmast fell at the same time, but the mainmast was seen still standing.
The fifth shot struck the mizzenmast about four feet above deck, and cut it almost away.
Slide the jigger sail in place on the mizzenmastand top it with the blue pennant.
The Jigger Sail= for the mizzenmast at the stern of the boat must be five inches high and five inches wide (Fig.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mizzenmast" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
