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masthead en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From mast + head.

Meanings

1. The top of a mast.
   • In most American whalemen the mast-heads are manned almost simultaneously with the vessel’s leaving her port; even though she may have fifteen thousand miles, and more, to sail ere reaching her proper cruising ground. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 35”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
2. (US) The list of a newspaper's or another periodical's main staff, contributing writers, publisher, circulation, advertising rates etc.
3. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK) The title (normally in a large and distinctive font, and at the top of the front page) of a newspaper or another periodical.
   • Maree said she felt worse after articles were written about the video, including by this masthead. 2022 July 14, Stephen Johnson, “Aussie woman given flowers in viral stunt blasts TikTok star”, in Mail Online:
4. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, broadly) The title (normally in a large and distinctive font, and at the top of the front page) of a newspaper or another periodical. ▸ The publication itself, or the rights to publish it.
5. (broadly) The logo of a broadcaster used in an ident.

Forms

Deriveds

masthead sloop

Relateds

letterhead

Synonyms

nameplate · imprint · nameplate

Translations (21)

bg топ (top of the mast) · bg заглавка (title) · hu címfej (title) · fi mastonhuippu (top of the mast) · fi toppi (top of the mast) · pl top masztu (top of the mast) · grc καρχήσιον (top of the mast) · pl winieta (title) · de Titel (title) · fi pääotsikko (title) · fi apinalaatikko (list of a paper's main staff) · hu fejléc (title) · de Mitarbeiterverzeichnis (list of a paper's main staff) · pl impressum (list of a paper's main staff) · hu újságfejléc (title) · hu impresszum (list of a paper's main staff) · hu árbóccsúcs (top of the mast) · hu árbóctető (top of the mast) · fi tunnuslaatikko (list of a paper's main staff) · hu sajtótermék neve (title) · de Mastspitze (top of the mast)

masthead en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio

Etymology

From mast + head.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To send to the masthead as a punishment.
   • When the ship happened to be in a warm climate, mastheading constituted a fairly mild punishment; indeed, many regarded it as rather a relief from duty. But in inclement weather the experience was most unpleasant. 2009, Gregory Fremont-Barnes, Nelson's Officers and Midshipmen, page 30:
   • “I was mast-headed, sir.” “Mast-headed! how - for what?” 1838, Frederick Marryat, Rattlin the Reefer:
2. (transitive) To furnish (a newspaper) with a masthead.
   • It was mastheaded as "Palatka's Only Independent Home-Owned Newspaper." 1991, John Costello, Ten Days to Destiny, page 542:

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