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vertical pole used as the main support of a sailing vessel's rigging
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A mast is the tall vertical pole that stands on a sailing ship and holds up all the ropes and sails that catch the wind. It matters because without a mast, a sailing vessel wouldn't be able to support its rigging and therefore couldn't sail.
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- sailing ship
- Image
- Masthead (PSF).png
- Connects with
- shroud
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- Commons category
- Masts (ship part)
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- native label
- mast
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