Definition of mizen Mizen

/majˈzʌn/ - [mayzun] - miz•en

We found 7 definitions of mizen from 5 different sources.

What does mizen mean?

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mizen - fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast
		mizzen
mizen - third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy
		mizzenmast, mizenmast, mizzen

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mizen
artimon, (misana, Ital.) the aftermost or hindmost of the fixed sails of a ship, extended sometimes by a gaff, and sometimes by a yard which crosses the mast obliquely; the fore-end reaching almost down to the deck, and the after-end being peeked up as high above the middle of the yard, where it is attached to the mast. The figure of the mizen is accordingly a trapezia, or a parallelogram, one of whose corners is cut off by a diagonal, extended from one of its sides to the opposite corner, which becomes the peek of the mizen. See the article SAIL.