masting
Fitting vertical poles
Masting refers to the production of nuts and seeds by trees, especially the irregular cycles of abundance and scarcity.
In a mast year, oaks, beeches, and other hardwoods drop enormous quantities of acorns or nuts; in off years, almost none.
The heavy masting this fall means plenty of food for deer and squirrels.
The phenomenon helps trees overwhelm seed predators—too many nuts to eat means some survive to sprout.
Seeds of oaks
- beechnutsEdible tree seeds
- chestnutsEdible tree seeds
- oakQuercus genus member
- beechSmooth-barked deciduous hardwood
hickory · wildlife · forage · seedfall · fruiting · squirrels · deer · autumn
Vessel construction craftsman
- drydockDrained basin for hull work
- dockyardMaritime vessel construction site
- steppingMoving on foot
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
fitting · timber · keel · hull · outfitting · launching · wedges · commissioning
acorns
Seeds of oaks
beech · hickory · wildlife · forage · seedfall · fruiting · squirrels · deer · autumn · cyclical
shipwright
Vessel construction craftsman
rigging · fitting · timber · keel · hull · outfitting · launching · wedges · commissioning
rigging
Ropes controlling ship sails
gaff · topmast · shrouds · stays · halyard · braces · cleats · block · tackle · furling
antenna
Broadcast signal receiver
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
- transmissionSending of information
- towerTall slender edifice
pole · guyed · lattice · guy-wire · telecommunications · radio · cellular · mounting · steel · height
mastingdismasting
Losing a ship's pole
taking down · removing · stripping · lowering · decommissioning
mast, masts, masted, masthead, foremast, mainmast, mastless, shipmaster, mizzenmast