masthead

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masthead

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Etymology

From mast +‎ head.

Pronunciation

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Noun

masthead (plural mastheads)

(nautical) The top of a mast.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 35”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
  In most American whalemen the mast-heads are manned almost simultaneously with the vessel’s leaving her port; even though she may have fifteen thousand miles, and more, to sail ere reaching her proper cruising ground.
(US) A list of a newspaper or other periodical's main staff, contributing writers, publisher, circulation, advertising rates etc.
Synonym: (UK) imprint
(UK, Australia) The title (normally in a large and distinctive font) of a newspaper or other periodical at the top of the front page; (by extension) the publication itself or the rights to it.
Synonym: (US) nameplate
- 2022 July 14, Stephen Johnson, “Aussie woman given flowers in viral stunt blasts TikTok star”, in Mail Online‎^[1]:
  Maree said she felt worse after articles were written about the video, including by this masthead.
(television, by extension) The logo of a broadcaster used in an ident.

Derived terms

masthead sloop

Translations

top of the mast

Bulgarian: топ (bg) m (top)
Finnish: mastonhuippu, toppi (fi)
German: Mastspitze f
Greek:
Ancient: καρχήσιον n (karkhḗsion)
Hungarian: árbóctető, árbóccsúcs (hu)

list of a paper's main staff

Finnish: tunnuslaatikko, apinalaatikko (fi)
German: Mitarbeiterverzeichnis n
Hungarian: impresszum (hu)

title

Bulgarian: заглавка f (zaglavka)
Finnish: pääotsikko
German: Titel (de) m
Hungarian: sajtótermék neve, újságfejléc, fejléc (hu), címfej (hu), ^{(please verify)} cím (hu)

Verb

masthead (third-person singular simple present mastheads, present participle mastheading, simple past and past participle mastheaded)

(transitive, nautical) To send to the masthead as a punishment.
- 1838, Frederick Marryat, Rattlin the Reefer:
  “I was mast-headed, sir.”
  “Mast-headed! how - for what?”
- 2009, Gregory Fremont-Barnes, Nelson's Officers and Midshipmen, page 30:
  When the ship happened to be in a warm climate, mastheading constituted a fairly mild punishment; indeed, many regarded it as rather a relief from duty. But in inclement weather the experience was most unpleasant.
(transitive) To furnish (a newspaper) with a masthead.
- 1991, John Costello, Ten Days to Destiny, page 542:
  It was mastheaded as "Palatka's Only Independent Home-Owned Newspaper."

Anagrams

Steadham