<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Nautical. A fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast.</li><li>Compare: crossjack, spanker (def 1a), mizzenmast.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of or relating to a mizzenmast.</li><li>Noting a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging belonging to a mizzen lower mast or to some upper mast of a mizzenmast.</li><li>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.</li></ul>