When a mast is too tall to be made of one timber, there may be two, three or four sections stepped one above the other and they are called successively the lower mast, topmast, topgallant mast and royal mast.
Xa ipali yeflegi inde kakhulu xa isenziwa ngomthi omnye kuya kubakho amahlelo amabini, namathathu okanye zezibizwe ngokuba yimpumelelo yemasti esezantsi, nemasti engaphezulu nenkalipho ephezulu yemasti nemasti enkulu.