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Webster 1913 Edition

maintop

main′topˊ

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Noun.

(Naut.)

The platform about the head of the mainmast in square-rigged vessels.

Definition 2024

maintop

maintop

English

Noun

maintop ‎(plural maintops)

(nautical) A platform at the top of a square-rigged vessel's mainmast; used for observation and for the attachment of rigging.

Related terms

maintopman

Translations

platform at the top of mainmast

Finnish: isomärssy

Anagrams

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