different between yawl vs mizzenmast

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??l/
• Homophone: y'all
• Rhymes: -??l

Etymology 1

Apparently from Low German and Middle Low German jolle, or Dutch jol, possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h?ewlos (“tube”), see also Lithuanian aulas, Norwegian aul, Hittite [script needed] (auli-, “tube-shaped organ in the neck”), Albanian hollë, Latin alvus.

Noun

yawl (plural yawls)

1. A small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
2. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post.

Translations

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Verb

yawl (third-person singular simple present yawls, present participle yawling, simple past and past participle yawled)

1. To cry out; to howl.

References

Anagrams

• waly, wyla

French

Noun

yawl m (plural yawls)

1. yawl (type of boat)

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English yawl.

Noun

yawl m (genitive singular yawl, plural yawlyn)

1. yawl

English

Alternative forms

• mizenmast

Etymology

mizzen +? mast

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?z.?n?m??st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?z.?n?mæst/

Noun

mizzenmast (plural mizzenmasts)

1. (nautical) The aftmost mast on a ship having three or more masts.
2. (nautical) The second mast of a ship having two masts where the second one is shorter, such as a ketch or yawl.

Synonyms

• mizzen

Translations

See also

• foremast
• mainmast