mizzen

English Thesaurus

1. fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	fore-and-aft sail,
definition	:	any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction (noun.artifact)

2. third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	mast,
definition	:	a vertical spar for supporting sails (noun.artifact)