ˌunderˈmasted, ppl. a.
[under-1 10 a.]
(See quot. 1841.)
| 1594 Downton in Hakluyt Voy. (1599) II. ii. 201 She was much vndermasted, and vndersailed, yet she went well for a ship that was so foule. 1627 Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ii. 15 If either too small or too short, she is vnder masted or low masted. 1674 Petty Disc. Dupl. Proportion 29 The chief cause why short, bluff, undermasted Vessels sail cheaper than others. 1841 Totten Naval Text-book (1862) 437 Under-masted, or under-sparred,..applied to vessels which have masts under the usual dimensions. 1867 Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 706. 1900 Sir W. Kennedy Life Sailor xiii. 202 She was nothing else than an undermasted, undermanned coal-hulk. |