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mast

Mast vs Headsail - What's the difference?

mast | headsail |


As a pronoun mast

is .

As a noun headsail is

(nautical) any sail (of a sailing vessel) set forward of the foremost mast.

Mast vs Mastlike - What's the difference?

mast | mastlike |


As a pronoun mast

is .

As an adjective mastlike is

resembling a mast or some aspect of one.

Mast vs Unmast - What's the difference?

mast | unmast |


As verbs the difference between mast and unmast

is that mast is to supply and fit a mast to a ship while unmast is to remove the mast.

As a noun mast

is a tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, or communications equipment such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires.

As an initialism MAST

is initialism for military antishock trousers; inflatable trousers that apply pressure to the inferior half of a patient's body to decrease bloodloss and prevent the onset of shock similar to a tourniquet.

Mast vs Mastless - What's the difference?

mast | mastless |


As a pronoun mast

is .

As an adjective mastless is

without a mast.

Mast vs Foredeck - What's the difference?

mast | foredeck |


As nouns the difference between mast and foredeck

is that mast is a tall, slim post or tower, usually tapering upward, used to support, for example, the sails on a ship, flags, floodlights, or communications equipment such as an aerial, usually supported by guy-wires while foredeck is the part of the deck of a ship or boat that lies forward of the mast.

As a verb mast

is to supply and fit a mast to a ship.

As an initialism MAST

is initialism for military antishock trousers; inflatable trousers that apply pressure to the inferior half of a patient's body to decrease bloodloss and prevent the onset of shock similar to a tourniquet.

Mast vs Mainbrace - What's the difference?

mast | mainbrace |


As a pronoun mast

is .

As a noun mainbrace is

(nautical) the rope used as support for the masts, running from the bow to the top of the mast and back to the deck.

Mast vs Mastman - What's the difference?

mast | mastman |


As a pronoun mast

is .

As a noun mastman is

(nautical|sailing) a sailor who is charged with tending the halyards and other lines near the mast.

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