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

“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 Barbour, Ralph Henry

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

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.

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)

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