mizen

miz=en

WORDNET DICTIONARY

mizen(n = noun.artifact) mizenmast, mizzen, mizzenmast - third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy; Array

is a kind of mast

mizen(n = noun.artifact) mizzen - fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast; Array

is a kind of fore-and-aft sail

mizen, n. (also mizzen) Naut. (in full mizen-sail) the lowest fore-and-aft sail of a fully rigged ship's mizen-mast.

Idiom

mizen-mast the mast next aft of the mainmast. mizen yard that on which the mizen is extended.

Etymology

ME f. F misaine f. It. mezzana mizen-sail, fem. of mezzano middle: see MEZZANINE