maintop

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noun

A platform at the top of a square-rigged vessel's mainmast; used for observation and for the attachment of rigging.

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Meanings

nounmaintop (plural maintops)

plural maintops

  1. nauticalA platform at the top of a square-rigged vessel's mainmast; used for observation and for the attachment of rigging.

    ‘Nip over,’ Canning told him in a low voice, ‘to the maintop - he don’t know you.’

    1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 92

Origin

From main + top.

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Translations

Bulgarian марсова площадка
  • марсова площадка (marsova ploštadka)platform at the top of mainmast
Esperanto ĉefmasto
  • ĉefmastoplatform at the top of mainmast
Finnish isomärssy
  • isomärssyplatform at the top of mainmast

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

maintop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maintop

MLA

“maintop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maintop. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maintop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maintop.

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