1. the tops of ship masts
Usage: nautical
2. the section of a newspaper or magazine that lists staff, ownership, and publication information
Usage: journalism

1. sends a sailor to the top of a mast as punishment
Usage: nautical; archaic
2. displays prominently in a publication’s masthead
Usage: journalism

Examples

• The sailor climbed to the mastheads to adjust the rigging.
• The newspaper’s mastheads listed all the editors and reporters.
• The captain mastheads disobedient crew members for hours.
• The magazine mastheads its award-winning journalists prominently.
• From the mastheads, the lookout spotted land on the horizon.
• Check the mastheads to find the publisher’s contact information.
• The ship’s mastheads swayed dangerously in the storm.