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"Aftermast canvas"2 answers
mizen5 lettersmizzen6 letters
Filled answer is this word (MIZZEN).
Definitions
fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast
Word origin
From Middle English mesan, meseyn, myson, from Middle French misaine, modified from Old French migenne (through influence from Italian mezzana), from Old Catalan mitjana, feminine of mitjan, ultimately from Latin medianus. Doublet of mean and median.
Used in a sentence
“Finding it was like to overblow, we took in our Sprit-ſail, and ſtood by to hand the Fore-ſail; but making foul Weather, we look'd the Guns were all faſt, and handed the Miſſen.”
“"'Oh yes, that's all very well, but we haven't done with it yet,' said the lad, 'we shall have it worse directly,' and he ordered them to furl every rag but the mizen."”
“the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Aftermast canvas”6 letters
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