mizen-top

Courageux, being stationed in the mizen-top, he was carried over-board with the mast; but was taken up without having received any hurt.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

Courageux, being stationed in the mizen-top, he was carried over-board with the mast; but was taken up without having received any hurt.

Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003

In the midst of this terrific scene Nelson -- the brave, undaunted Nelson -- fell: a rifle or musket-ball from the mizen-top of the "Redoubtable" passed through him, and he fell on his knees on the very spot where his secretary had before him breathed his last.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

A ball, fired from her mizen-top, which, in the then situation of the two vessels, was not more than fifteen yards from that part of the deck where he was standing, struck the epaulette on his left shoulder, about a quarter after one, just in the heat of action.

MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Anonymous

All the while there came a crackle of musketry from a party of sharpshooters in the mizen-top of the "Redoutable," only some sixty feet away, and Nelson's decorations must have made him a tempting target, even if the marksmen did not know who he was.

Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima John Richard Hale

Another of our officers mentioned that, on one of his voyages, he remembered a boy having been sent up to clear a rope which had got foul above the mizen-top.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 544, April 28, 1832 Various

But I am wandering from my young friend, the captain of the mizen-top.

Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray

Suddenly a ball fired from her mizen-top, not more than fifteen yards from where Nelson was standing, struck the epaulette on his left shoulder, and he fell on his face on the deck.

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

Soon after, the foresail was reefed, and we mizen-top men were sent up to take another reef in the mizen topsail.

Chapter XXIV. San Diego Again-A Descent-Hurried Departure-A New Shipmate 1909

The Frenchman had filled his tops with sharp-shooters, and from one of these -- the mizen-top, I believe -- a musket-ball struck down the Admiral.

News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903