trysail mast
noun Nautical.
a small auxiliary mast fastened just abaft the mainmast or foremast of a sailing vessel.
Origin of trysail mast
First recorded in 1760–70
Words nearby trysail mast
tryptophan,
tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase,
tryptophanase,
tryptophanuria,
trysail,
trysail mast,
tryst,
trysting place,
tryworks,
trèves,
trémie
Example sentences from the Web for trysail mast
But the wonder of wonders is the iron pivot of a trysail-mast that was driven clean through the chest of a Scarborough lad.
Haunted London |Walter Thornbury