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

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.

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.

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)