to raise to the top of a mast [v MASTHEADED, MASTHEADING, MASTHEADS]
to send to the upper end of a mast as a punishment
statement printed in all issues of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually on the editorial page, giving the publication's name, the names of the owner and staff, etc.
line of type on the front page of a newspaper or the cover of a periodical giving the name of the publication
a. the head of a mast b. the uppermost point of a mast