mizzen

来自意大利语mezzana,后桅，后帆，来自拉丁语medianus,中间的，词源同middle,mezzanine.引申词义中间后面的帆，后帆。

mizzen (n.)

"aftermost fore-and-aft sail of a three-masted ship," early 15c., from Middle French misaine "foresail, foremast," altered (by influence of Italian mezzana "mizzen") from Old French migenne, from Catalan mitjana, from Latin medianus "of the middle" (see median). The sense in this transmission must have been something other than "middle," or the thing described changed, because the "middle" mast on a ship is the mainmast. Klein suggests an alternate etymology of the French word from Arabic, via Italian.

1. Five minutes after, it was down; and we sailed under mizzen - tops'ls and to'gall'nt sails.'

五分钟以后, 大帆落下来了, 我们只得扯着尾帆和上桅帆航行.