jiggermast

See also: jigger-mast and jigger mast

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From jigger +‎ mast.

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jiggermast (plural jiggermasts)

  1. (nautical) The fourth-tallest mast on a ship with more than three masts; particularly a full-rigged ship.
    • 1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLV:
      It was Margaret who came to where I was stationed by the jiggermast and told me what had occurred; and it was she who took my rifle and relieved me so that I could go aft.

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