mast
mastless
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a word derived from
mast.
Example Sentences
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After the storm passed, they were sighted drifting mastless on the Bay and were towed home by an obliging neighbor.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
Meanwhile, nearby the storm had seized a ship That mastless drove before the wind and rain, And soon with all beneath the waves would slip: The people cried for help, but all in vain.
From Bearslayer A free translation from the unrhymed Latvian into English heroic verse by Cropley, Arthur
But the next moment there was a crash and a cry, and we were a mastless wreck, drifting helplessly.
From Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
It gave one a sickening sensation to see it, for, mastless and useless as she was, she seemed to be a link with the outer world.
From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir
She turned out of her direct road and took that which led past his house - swept that way as irresistibly as a mastless hull is swept by the tide.
From Catharine Furze by Rutherford, Mark
