mainmast in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for mainmast in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

Translations for mainmast in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

Show summary of all matches
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
A platform for another director was added on the mainmast which was converted into a tripod to handle the additional weight.
en.wikipedia.org
The ship is 106ft m long by 25ft m wide, 236 tons displacement, 4 masts (mainmast, foremast, mizzen, sprit), and 6 sails.
en.wikipedia.org
To climb the ship, she must either use the ratlines or shimmy up the mainmast itself.
en.wikipedia.org
On the yawl and ketch, the mainsail is flown from the forward mast, or mainmast, and the aft mast is the mizzen-mast.
en.wikipedia.org
His ship was heavily battered in the exchange, with the main topgallantmast knocked down and the mainmast and hull severely damaged.
en.wikipedia.org
She is now permanently spritsail rigged, and has a mainmast and topmast that, together, are about 90 feet high, and a mizzen mast.
en.wikipedia.org
The mainmast was lateen-rigged with a trapezoidal mainsail, but the foremast carried the conventional square course and square topsail.
en.wikipedia.org
Historically the mainmast was square rigged instead of fore-and-aft, but in modern usage only the latter is called a ketch.
en.wikipedia.org
It was usually square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and lateen-rigged on the mizzenmast.
en.wikipedia.org
Two gunpowder-propelled catapults were located on the beam abaft the mainmast.
en.wikipedia.org

Would you like to add some words, phrases or translations?

Submit a new entry.

Browse the dictionary

English

Look up "mainmast" in other languages


Choose your language Deutsch | Ελληνικά | English | Español | Français | Italiano | Polski | Português | Русский | Slovenščina | Srpski
Browse the dictionaries
Most popular