maintop en · NOUN
Etymology
From main + top.
Meanings
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A platform at the top of a square-rigged vessel's mainmast; used for observation and for the attachment of rigging.
‘Nip over,’ Canning told him in a low voice, ‘to the maintop - he don’t know you.’
1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 92:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| maintops | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (3)
bg марсова площадка (platform at the top of mainmast) · fi isomärssy (platform at the top of mainmast) · eo ĉefmasto (platform at the top of mainmast)