ˈthree-mast, a.
Having three masts. So ˈthree-ˈmasted a.; ˈthree-ˈmaster [master n.2], a three-masted ship.
| 1775 Dalrymple in Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 392 Two three-mast vessels with latine sails. 1798 Connecticut Jrnl. 23 May 3/1 New York... May 14. Loss of the armed three masted schooner Harmony, captain Price, who sailed on Saturday the 5th inst. from this port for Surinam. 1827 F. Witts Diary 26 Apr. (1978) 70 One of these ships was a three-master. 1839 Marryat Phant. Ship vi, A three-masted vessel. 1861 Mitchell's Maritime Register 28 Sept. 1241/1 On the 21st inst. was launched from the yard of Messrs. Thomas Harvey & Sons, Wivenhoe, a three-masted brigantine. 1883 De Forest in Harper's Mag. Mar. 519/2 This ghost of a great three-master. 1970 E. J. March Inshore Craft II. iii. 144 Mention should also be made of the big three-masted lugger New Moon. |