three-master

[ three-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

/ ˈθriˈmæs tər, -ˈmɑ stər /

noun Nautical.

a sailing ship with three masts.

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Words nearby three-master

three-glass test, three-handed, three-legged, three-legged race, three-line whip, three-master, three-mile limit, three-peat, three-phase, three-piece, three-ply

Origin of three-master

First recorded in 1880–85

OTHER WORDS FROM three-master

three-mast·ed, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for three-master

In the harbor I had noticed a three-master, the schooner Ayesha.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII)|Various
The captain, irritated by this, veered about and ran straight down upon the three-master.
A Romance of the West Indies|Eugne Sue
At one time sailing a three-master, and then conning one of the new steam-vessels which have been added to our fleets.
With the Dyaks of Borneo|F. S. Brereton
It was plain enough that he was devising some expedient to escape the three-master.
Fighting for the Right|Oliver Optic

Tell me,” said Lagross, “that three-master we saw just now, would she be making for Kerguelen?
The Beach of Dreams|H. De Vere Stacpoole