foremast

See also: fore-mast

English

The sailing ship Balclutha, showing (from left to right) its mizzenmast, mainmast, and foremast.

The battleship HMS Dreadnought, showing its prominent foremast (the tallest portion of the ship).

Alternative forms

fore-mast

Etymology

fore +‎ mast

Noun

foremast (plural foremasts)

(nautical) The mast nearest the bow, on a sailing ship with more than one mast or a non-sailing ship with any masts; the second-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.

Translations

foremost mast

Bulgarian: фок мачта f (fok mačta)
Catalan: trinquet (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 前桅 (zh) (qiánwéi)
Dutch: fokkenmast (nl)
Esperanto: frontmasto, antaŭmasto
Finnish: keulamasto
French: mât de misaine (fr) m
German: Fockmast (de) m
Hebrew: תֹּרֶן קִדְמִי (he) m (toren kidmi)
Hungarian: előárbóc
Italian: albero di trinchetto m
Japanese: フォアマスト (foamasuto)
Polish: fok (pl) m, fokmaszt (pl) m
Portuguese: mastro do traquete m, mastro da proa m
Romanian: trinchet (ro) m, arbore mic (ro) m
Russian: фок-ма́чта (ru) f (fok-máčta)
Spanish: palo de trinquete m
Swedish: fockmast c

See also

Anagrams

Frometas, fartsome, formates, mortsafe

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