two-master

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

noun

, Nautical.

1. a vessel rigged with two masts.

Other Words From

• two-masted adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of two-master¹

1895–1900; two mast(s) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

She lay flat on her side, a two-master, her sails flapping and floating on the waves.

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The lookout would come in to the station and say, Theres a two-master going to pieces on the bar.

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A bilander was a small two-master, with the mainsail of lateen form.

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