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jiggermast

noun

Etymology

From jigger + mast.

  1. derived from *mazdos✻
  2. derived from *mastaz✻
  3. derived from *mast✻
  4. derived from mæst
  5. derived from mast
  6. compounded as jiggermast — “jigger + mast”

Definitions

  1. The fourth-tallest mast on a ship with more than three masts

    The fourth-tallest mast on a ship with more than three masts; particularly a full-rigged ship.

    • It was Margaret who came to where I was stationed by the jiggermast and told me what had occurred; and it was she who took my rifle and relieved me so that I could go aft.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA