four-masted
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Wind Star is a lovely four-masted sailing ship built in 1986 in Le Havre, France, and renovated in 2018.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2021
Almost 400ft long, the four-masted vessel, launched in 1953, is used as a training vessel by the Chilean navy and, for between six and seven months a year, tours the world promoting Chilean interests.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2015
He was speaking during his first break in a week outside the Kaiwo Maru, a four-masted sailing ship used to accommodate exhausted workers.
From BusinessWeek ● Apr. 25, 2011
Of course one shouldn’t drive and text at the same time, he continued, but for “a harbor pilot bringing a huge four-masted sailing vessel into Boston Harbor, paying attention was a good idea then, too.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2010
The Mary Rose was a four-masted ship with a hold and four main decks.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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