Wondering how to use Mizzen in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as mizen or mizzenmast.
Mizzen meaning
- Mizzenmast.
- A fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast.
Synonyms of Mizzen
Using Mizzen
- The main meaning on this page is: Mizzenmast. | A fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast.
- Useful related words include: mizen, mizzenmast, mizenmast, mast.
- In the example corpus, mizzen often appears in combinations such as: mizzen mast, the mizzen, and mizzen.
Context around Mizzen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mizzen
- In this selection, "mizzen" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lateen, mast, topsail and masts stand out and add context to how "mizzen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lateen mizzen and and a mizzen mast was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mizzen" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mizzen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That means the fore and main mast carry square sails while the sternmost, the mizzen mast, carries gaff sails. (19 words)
Bellerophon and Majestic were the only ships to lose masts: Majestic the main and mizzen and Bellerophon all three. (19 words)
The foresail and mainsail were square; the sail on the mizzen was a triangular sail known as a lateen mizzen. (20 words)
The difference between a ketch and a yawl is that in a ketch, the mizzen mast is forward of the rudderpost (the axis of rotation for the rudder), while a yawl has its mizzen mast behind the rudderpost. (38 words)
Her guns were reduced from ten cannon to six and a mizzen mast was added to improve her handling, thereby changing her from a brig to a bark (or barque). (30 words)
On a three-masted vessel the masts are, from bow to stern, Fore, Main and Mizzen; the "plain" square sails are, bottom to top, Course, Topsail, Topgallant, Royal and Sky. (30 words)
Example sentences (11)
The difference between a ketch and a yawl is that in a ketch, the mizzen mast is forward of the rudderpost (the axis of rotation for the rudder), while a yawl has its mizzen mast behind the rudderpost.
The foresail and mainsail were square; the sail on the mizzen was a triangular sail known as a lateen mizzen.
Thus the sail second up the mizzen-mast is the "mizzen topsail", and the third sail up the fore-mast is the "fore topgallant sail".
That means the fore and main mast carry square sails while the sternmost, the mizzen mast, carries gaff sails.
Bellerophon and Majestic were the only ships to lose masts: Majestic the main and mizzen and Bellerophon all three.
By 03:00, after more than three hours of close quarter combat, Majestic had lost its main and mizzen masts while Tonnant was a dismasted hulk.
Her guns were reduced from ten cannon to six and a mizzen mast was added to improve her handling, thereby changing her from a brig to a bark (or barque).
On a three-masted vessel the masts are, from bow to stern, Fore, Main and Mizzen; the "plain" square sails are, bottom to top, Course, Topsail, Topgallant, Royal and Sky.
To avoid Excellent, San Nicolás luffed up and ran foul of San José, which had suffered the loss of mizzen mast and other damage.
Unlike the photographic depiction (right), this signal would have been shown on the mizzen mast only and would have required 12 lifts.
With her mizzenmast dragging in the water, Guerriere s maneuverability decreased and she collided with Constitution, her bowsprit becoming entangled in Constitution s mizzen rigging.
Common combinations with mizzen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: