two-master

American  

[too-mas-ter, -mah-ster] / ˈtuˈmæs tər, -ˈmɑ stər /

noun

Nautical.

1. a vessel rigged with two masts.

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Other Word Forms

• two-masted adjective

Etymology

Origin of two-master

1895–1900; two mast(s) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

She was a two-master, and, when I saw her first, as dirty and disreputable as are most coasting-vessels.

From The After House by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

The whittling process being now finished, Harry produced what he termed a "two-master," the which, Vingo declared it would be no sin to worship, as it was not in the likeness of anything.

From Natalie A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds by Vale, Ferna

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

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.

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 Jackson, W. C.