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four-masted

American  
[fawr-mas-tid, -mah-stid, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˈmæs tɪd, -ˈmɑ stɪd, ˈfoʊr- /

adjective

Nautical.
  1. carrying four masts.


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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

Faced with mounting financial difficulties, the museum considered dispensing with the four-masted barque, which was built in Hamburg, Germany, in 1911.

From New York Times May 29, 2016

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

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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