| backstay |
a rope that extends from the mast to the stern or side of a vessel to help support the mast. |
| brigantine |
a two-masted sailing vessel with square-rigged sails on the front mast and a fore-and-aft mainsail. |
| buntline |
one of the ropes used to haul up a square sail for securing it to the mast. |
| catboat |
a broad-beamed sailboat with a single large sail on a mast set well forward. |
| cat rig |
one large sail on a mast set well forward in the bow, as of a catboat. |
| crow's-nest |
a small, sometimes partially enclosed observation platform located near the top of a ship's mast. [1/2 definitions] |
| cutter |
a sailing vessel with one mast. [1/4 definitions] |
| derrick |
a device for lifting and moving heavy loads, usu. consisting of a stationary mast and a rotating boom that projects upward from its base. [1/2 definitions] |
| foremast |
the foreward mast on a vessel having two or more masts. |
| foresail |
the principal sail hung on the forward mast or stay, such as the lowermost square sail on a square-rigged ship, or the jib on a cutter. |
| fore-topgallant |
of, pertaining to, or denoting the mast, sail, yard, or the like directly above the fore-topmast. |
| fore-topmast |
the spar or part of a mast serving as the topmast of a vessel's foremost mast. |
| half-mast |
a point midway up a ship's mast, at which the flag is flown to signal distress or as a symbol of mourning. [2 definitions] |
| half-staff |
a point midway up a mast or staff; half-mast. |
| headsail |
any of various sails set on a ship's foremast, or to the front of a vessel's single mast. |
| hooker1 |
a type of fishing boat with a single mast, used off the Irish and English coasts. [1/2 definitions] |
| jackstay |
a rope or rod that runs up and down a ship's mast and guides the yard when raised or lowered. [2/3 definitions] |
| jiggermast |
the short mast in the stern of a ketch or yawl; mizzenmast. [2 definitions] |
| lateen |
of or designating a triangular sail that is hung on a long, sloping yard, which is in turn attached at an angle to a short mast. [1/2 definitions] |
| lugsail |
a four-sided sail lacking a boom, the upper edge of which is supported by a yard that crosses the mast obliquely. |
| mainmast |
the principal or tallest mast of a sailing ship. |