A diagram showing the mast and its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/shroud_(sailing)" class="extiw" title="w:shroud (sailing)">shrouds</a> <i>(red)</i>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/top_(sailing_ship)" class="extiw" title="w:top (sailing ship)">top</a> with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/futtock_shrouds" class="extiw" title="w:futtock shrouds">futtock shrouds</a> <i>(blue)</i>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/topmast" class="extiw" title="w:topmast">topmast</a> and its shrouds <i>(green)</i>, of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/square_rigged" class="extiw" title="w:square rigged">square rigged</a> ship. Shrouds are represented as translucent panels; in reality they would consist of many individual lines.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PeteVerdon" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:User:PeteVerdon">PeteVerdon</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:">English Wikipedia</a>.
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