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mizzen

noun
🔊/ˈmɪzn/
🔊/ˈmɪzn/
(also mizen)
(specialist)
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  1. (also mizzenmast
    🔊/ˈmɪznmɑːst/
    🔊/ˈmɪznmæst/
    )
     the mast of a ship that is behind the main mast 后桅；次桅
  2. (also mizzensail
    🔊/ˈmɪznseɪl/
    🔊/ˈmɪznseɪl/
    )
     a sail on the mizzen of a ship后桅纵帆；后帆Topics Transport by waterc2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Italian mezzana ‘mizzensail’, feminine (used as a noun) of mezzano ‘middle’, from Latin medianus, from medius ‘mid’.