mizzen: Meaning and Definition of

miz•zen

1. a fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast. Cf.(def. 1a). See diag. under
2. mizzenmast.

1. of or pertaining to a mizzenmast.
2. noting a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging belonging to a mizzen lower mast or to some upper mast of a mizzenmast.
3. noting any stay running aft and upward to the head of a mizzen lower mast or some specified upper mast of a mizzenmast: mizzen topmast stay.