Meanings
plural jiggermasts · alternative jigger mast · alternative jigger-mast
- nauticalThe fourth-tallest mast on a ship with more than three masts; particularly a full-rigged ship.
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.
1914, Jack London, The Mutiny of the Elsinore, Chapter XLVSynonyms: jigger
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe fourth-tallest mast on a ship with more than three masts; particularly a full-rigged ship.
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Translations
Dutch jagermast
- jagermastfourth-tallest mast
Finnish jiggermasto
- jiggermastofourth-tallest mast
Polish czwarty w wysokości maszt
- czwarty w wysokości masztfourth-tallest mast
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