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

He owns a boat called the Northland, a little two-master.”

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“The lookout would come in to the station and say, ‘There’s a two-master going to pieces on the bar.’

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

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Rear Admiral Frederick C. Billard, Coast Guard Commandant, called the I'm Alone a "notorious rumrunner" and explained that the U.S. cutter Walcott had ordered the 150-ton two-master to halt for inspection off Trinity Shoals.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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