Examples of mast

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Furniture, floors and bookshelves are usually best made in wood and so are things like flagstaffs and yachts' masts.
Beneath them sprawls a congested city, bisected twice by dense forests of mercantile masts, and packed with jumbled housing of every description.
Microwaves are also used to transmit mobile phone (cellphone) signals between masts, which may be up to 20 km apart.
The actual hull was not altered, nor the masts, but a new steam engine was installed.
Between these pilasters are still visible the corbels upon which were supported the masts of the velarium which was drawn across the auditorium.
The masts extend upwards to support the central roof and are joined together with three stages of horseshoe timber arches and timber boarding.
The weather was very warm and the seas smooth, and low clouds appeared to cut off the masts of the fishing boats.
Telephone engineers, for example, must take care not to expose themselves to microwaves when they are working on the masts of a mobile phone (cellphone) network.
I would say that at this initial stage the ship has lost its mast and the sailors are hallucinating one in its stead.
Ulysses causally precommitted himself by tying himself to the mast.
Thirdly is the corresponding hypothesis that the rune-like letters are imagined to be carved into the mast.
The mast is mounted forward in order to minimize the size of the blind zone immediately in front of the rover.
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