two-master
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- two-masted adjective
Etymology
Origin of two-master
1895–1900; two mast(s) + -er 1
Example Sentences
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He owns a boat called the Northland, a little two-master.”
From Project Gutenberg
“The lookout would come in to the station and say, ‘There’s a two-master going to pieces on the bar.’
From Project Gutenberg
Rear Admiral Frederick C. Billard, Coast Guard Commandant, called the I'm Alone a "notorious rumrunner" and explained that the U.S. cutter Walcott had ordered the 150-ton two-master to halt for inspection off Trinity Shoals.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Montgomery was cruising about fifty miles off Havana when the Frasquito, a two-master, came bowling along toward the Cuban capital.
From Project Gutenberg
It looked like a ring of white snow floating on the water, and inside the ring was a careened two-master—just the ribs and stumps left.
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