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  • n  the mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-aft rig

  • Readers of Commodore Hornblower will find it built on the same lines as its predecessors: its topmast in a cloud of fantastic thrills, its keel afloat in Royal Navy lore.
  • On the way to Gloucester the fore topmast of Bluenose buckled.
  • Even so, one sloop's topmast was sprung.

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