English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woord "hoofmas" verwys na die lang, vertikale mas wat naby die middel van 'n seilskip geleƫ is, wat die grootseil en ander seile op die hoofgedeelte van die skip ondersteun.

Sentence Examples

  1. A large number of men were gathered around the mainmast, far too many to be only the crew of Pluton.
  2. It felt strange to sail under Confederate colours, with the Stars and Bars bold against the dirty sky and the commission pennant streaming from the mainmast.
  3. Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind him with a white staff, near as tall as the mainmast of the Royal Sovereign, he observed how contemptible a thing was human grandeur, which could be mimicked by such diminutive insects as I.