Definition of "masthead"

masthead

noun
plural mastheads
1. (nautical) The top of a mast.
  Quotations
  In most American whalemen the mast-heads are manned almost simultaneously with the vessel’s leaving her port; even though she may have fifteen thousand miles, and more, to sail ere reaching her proper cruising ground.
  1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 35”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley
2. (US) A list of a newspaper or other periodical's main staff, contributing writers, publisher, circulation, advertising rates etc.
3. (UK, Australia) The title (normally in a large and distinctive font) of a newspaper or other periodical at the top of the front page; (by extension) the publication itself or the rights to it.
  Quotations
  Maree said she felt worse after articles were written about the video, including by this masthead.
  2022 July 14, Stephen Johnson, “Aussie woman given flowers in viral stunt blasts TikTok star”, in Mail Online‎
4. (television, by extension) The logo of a broadcaster used in an ident.
verb
third-person singular simple present mastheads, present participle mastheading, simple past and past participle mastheaded
1. (transitive, nautical) To send to the masthead as a punishment.
  Quotations
  “I was mast-headed, sir.” “Mast-headed! how - for what?”
  1838, Frederick Marryat, Rattlin the Reefer
  When the ship happened to be in a warm climate, mastheading constituted a fairly mild punishment; indeed, many regarded it as rather a relief from duty. But in inclement weather the experience was most unpleasant.
  2009, Gregory Fremont-Barnes, Nelson's Officers and Midshipmen, page 30
2. (transitive) To furnish (a newspaper) with a masthead.
  Quotations
  It was mastheaded as "Palatka's Only Independent Home-Owned Newspaper."
  1991, John Costello, Ten Days to Destiny, page 542

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