mizzen
noun [ C ] sailing specialized uk/ˈmɪz.ən/ /ˈmɪz.ən/ (also mizzen mast, mizzenmast, /ˈmɪz.ənˌmɑːst/ /ˈmɪz.ənˌmæst/)
(also mizzen mast, mizzenmast)（船的）后桅
the mast (= a tall pole that supports the sails) in front of a ship's mainmast (= the tallest and most important mast)
The boat has a square sail on the mainmast and a triangular sail on the mizzen. 船的主桅上有一张方形的帆，后桅上有一张三角形的帆。
There was no mistaking the skull and crossbones on the ship's mizzen mast. 船后桅上的骷髅图是不会看错的。
（船）后桅上的帆
a sail on the mizzen mast of a ship
Hoist the mizzen! 升起后桅帆！
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- She is square-rigged with three masts - fore, main and mizzen.
- We had a signal for medical assistance flying on the mizzen.
- Carpenters are working earnestly to repair a damaged mizzen mast.
- The design, with its distinctive mizzen mast and sail, was used first as a fishing or crabbing boat.
- Soon the ship's mizzenmast was shot away, its hull was riddled, and its spar and rigging were reduced to wreckage.
- A shot fired by a French marksman from the mizzenmast of the Redoutable tore through Nelson's left shoulder.
- Sailing a 17th-century ship is a labour-intensive affair; a half-dozen crew members were needed just to set and adjust the mizzen, a small sail aft.