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Webster 1913 Edition

Mizzen

Miz′zen

,
Adj.
[It.
mezzana
, fr.
mezzano
middle, fr.
mezzo
middle, half: cf. F.
misaine
foresail. See
Mezzo
.]
(Naut.)
Hindmost; nearest the stern;
as, the
mizzen
shrouds, sails, etc.

Miz′zen

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Mizzen

MIZZEN

,
Noun.
miz'n. In sea-language, the aftermost of the fixed sails of a ship, extended sometimes by a gaff, and sometimes by a yard which crosses the mast obliquely.

Definition 2024

mizzen

mizzen

English

Alternative forms

Noun

mizzen ‎(plural mizzens)

  1. (nautical) mizzenmast
  2. (nautical) A fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

mizzen ‎(not comparable)

  1. (nautical) Hindmost; nearest the stern.
    the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc.

Etymology

From Middle French misaine, modified from Old French migenne (through influence from Italian mezzana), from Catalan mitjana, feminine of mitjan, ultimately from Latin medianus.

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