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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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 C. Chase Emerson
He had often declared that the "Argus" should never run from any two-master; and now, that the gage of battle was offered, he promptly accepted.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by W. C. Jackson
“The lookout would come in to the station and say, ‘There’s a two-master going to pieces on the bar.’
From Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water by Ralph Henry Barbour
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 Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
She was a two-master of 30 tons burden.
From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
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