Then the fore-topmast would fall, yards would fall. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
"Watch set starboard topmast and to'gallant stu'ns'ls!". From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
She had lost her main mast, mizzen mast, & fore topmast. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861] Reference
Would you be so kind as to take a glass to the mizzen topmast-tead?. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower And The Hotspur]
On the 16th day of June, 1703, a boy on the topmast discovered land. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5] Reference
The captain took up the receiver, which communicated with the topmast. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet] Reference
The fore-topmast is a - complainin 'like anythink, I can tell ye, sir. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
She had lost her fore-topmast and jib-boom during the night, off O'Kosiri. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
The crew observed a large barque ahead of them which had lost its topmast and mainyard. From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck on the Andamans] Reference
"Ads bobs, sir," he added in a breath to me, "there be a white flag at her fore topmast.". From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
The vessel heaved over it when the water rose, and sunk, so that only her topmast stuck out. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Trestletrees, depth = 11/12 of heel of topmast, thickness = 1/2 depth, length = 1/2 width of top. From Wordnik.com. [The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80] Reference
The firm make their own engines and everything required in iron shipbuilding from keel to topmast. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873] Reference
The wind slacked gradually, however, and before long we managed to get out our main-topmast staysail. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference
Saw a ship, firing into a ship with the main and mizen-topmast gone; and a ship going athwart her, firing. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2] Reference
The mizen mast and main topmast had been cut away, and there were a few marks of the axe upon her mainmast. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1] Reference
Shortly after midnight, however, his main-topmast went over the side, and the mizen - topmast soon afterward. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson]
When the topmast is carried still higher by the addition of a third, it receives the name of top-gallant-mast. From Wordnik.com. [The Illustrated London Reading Book] Reference
Oh, aspiring genius of ambition! from that topmast round of thy aerial ladder that a man should descend thus awfully!. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843] Reference
The captain ordered the ensign to be hoisted to the main-topmast shrouds, and the guns to be got all clear for firing. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
The collapsing mast dragged in its wake the fore topmast and a nightmarish tangle of yards, halyards, lines and sails. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Devil]
Yes, sir, wimmen have been my ruin, an 'I'm that scared o' them I can raise them afore their topmast is above the horizon. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference
The topmast extended above the upper spar a short distance, and to this we fastened the flag which our society had adopted. From Wordnik.com. [The Scientific American Boy The Camp at Willow Clump Island] Reference
The Captain's fore-topmast being now shot away, Nelson put his helm down, and let her come to the wind, that he might board the. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference
Her bowsprit was carried away, and her foremast went over the side, the strain on the rigging bringing down the main topmast with it. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
"Ship to leeward in distress," was all the answer his inquiries could obtain, while the man on the topmast was making his observations. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860] Reference
The Foudroyant's lower masts, and main topmast, are standing; but, every roll, I expect them to go over the side, they are so much shattered. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 2] Reference
I should have mentioned that the main-mast and mizzen topmast of the Serapis fell overboard soon after the captain had come on board the Bonhomme Richard. From Wordnik.com. [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference
The mizzen staysail followed suit; and then, seeing that the ship bore the pressure pretty well, Captain Miles ordered the fore-topmast staysail to be hoisted. From Wordnik.com. [The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea] Reference
There was a lookout on the fore-topmast crosstrees; but almost every one was looking out in the direction where some trace of David and Jonathan might be discovered. From Wordnik.com. [Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek] Reference
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