Meaning of mainmastman | Babel Free
Examples
“[…] the mainmastmen unhook the tackles when the barrels are landed.”
“Now there was a veteran aboard who because his years began to disqualify him for more active work⟳ had been recently assigned duty as mainmastman in his watch⟳, looking to the gear belayed at the rail roundabout that great spar near the deck.”
“Twenty-two years ago David Harrington was mainmastman on the Saint Ann out of Gloucester, Mass., a 62-foot Desco wood shrimp boat rigged for purse seining and built in 1954 for Capt. Leo Favalora.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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