A mast, whether a polemast, a lowermast or a topmast, is divided into three parts known as the housing, the hounding and the masthead.
Imasti, nokuba yeyiphi na kwezi zintathu, incamyomhlaba, ephezulu nesezantsi yahlulwa kathathu yaziwa ngokuba yindawo yokuhlala, ihawunding nomphezulu wemasti.