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Definitions for Masting
[1] the masts of a ship, taken as a whole.
[2] the technique, act, or process of placing masts in sailing ships.
[3] Nautical . a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast. any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast. any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
[4] Also called pillar. the upright support of a jib crane.
[5] any upright pole, as a support for an aerial, a post in certain cranes, etc.
[6] to provide with a mast or masts.
[7] nautical any vertical spar for supporting sails, rigging, flags, etc, above the deck of a vessel or any components of such a composite spar
[8] any sturdy upright pole used as a support
[9] Also called: captain's mast nautical a hearing conducted by the captain of a vessel into minor offences of the crew
[10] before the mast nautical as an apprentice seaman
[11] (tr) nautical to equip with a mast or masts
[12] the fruit of forest trees, such as beech, oak, etc, used as food for pigs
Words nearby Masting
mastiff bat, mastigium, mastigophora, mastigophoran, mastigote, masting, mastitis, masto-, masto-occipital, mastocarcinoma, mastocyte
Origin of Masting
1before 900; Middle English; Old English mæst; cognate with German Mast; akin to Latin mālus pole
Other words from Masting
mast·less , adjective
mast·like , adjective
un·der·mast·ed , adjective
Word origin for Masting
Old English mæst; related to Old High German mast food, and perhaps to meat