Double-masted

Quick meaning: Double-masted is an adjective meaning (nautical) Having two masts.

Meaning

(nautical) Having two masts.

Example Sentences

to the 1st to 2nd century AD.19 A double-masted Satavahana ship has also been found on a seal from the Bengal Bay area (Pargadas), dated to the 2nd century AD; this oval seal is now in the National Museum of Kolkata.

Some years ago all the owners of racing schooners were up in arms against the Wildfire, and declared she was not one, but a double-masted cutter, or some such thing, and not a fair vessel to sail in their races, merely because she had a running bowsprit and cutter’s stem.

In the tomb of a noble called Abibi, also of the IVth dynasty, there is a scene in which men are in the act of lowering the double mast (Fig. 44), and what is probably a double-masted ship under sail is found in the tomb-sculpture of a IVth dynasty noble called Ipi (Fig. 45).

Synonyms for double-masted

Depending on context, synonyms include twin-masted.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include twin-masted, triple-masted, quadruple-masted, multi-masted, single-masted, twinhulled.

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