two-master
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of two-master
1895–1900; two mast(s) + -er 1
Example Sentences
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The Montgomery was cruising about fifty miles off Havana when the Frasquito, a two-master, came bowling along toward the Cuban capital.
From The Boys of '98 by Otis, James
Narrow of beam, a135 two-master with a steel hull that stood well out of the water forward, she rode the water with the repose and high glee of the bird she was named after.
From Curlie Carson Listens In by Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)
She was a two-master of 30 tons burden.
From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)
This proved to be the British frigate, and her disappointed captain at once pretty sharply explained to the Frenchmen the difference between a two-master from Rio and a British-Yankee runaway bark from nobody knew where.
From Ahead of the Army by Emerson, C. Chase
Then, suddenly, the ebb sweeps off from the intruder, and leaves his two-master keeled over, with useless anchor and cable exposed, "to point a moral and adorn a tale."
From Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses by Cozzens, Frederic S.
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