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Noun
The owner’s favorite place to be is the aft deck, which has a projector installed on the mizzen boom for a home-cinema feel.—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2023 The deck is also uncluttered thanks to the reasonably sized captive winches, along with roller furling systems for the headsails and boomfurling for the mizzen and mainsails.—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2022 To me, this ship has a history and a story in its own right,’’ 32-year-old Don Heminitz said the other day while at work on the mizzen shrouds, which to a landlubber like me are ropes that help support the masts.—BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2019
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Etymology
Noun
Middle English mesan, probably from Old Spanish mesana sail set amidships, from Catalan mitjana, from feminine of mitjan of the middle, from Latin medianus — more at median
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