What does twin-masted mean?
Twin-masted means (nautical) Having two masts..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(nautical) Having two masts..
1 But the typical Indonesian twin-masted square-sail rig is indeed in evidence in West Africa. Picture 33 shows such a craft - a model made in Ghana.
The most daring was that of Team Philips, the twin-masted cat skippered by Pete Goss. The boat was fast but simply not strong enough to resist the battering she received from an Atlantic storm during pre-race sea trials.
Smaller cruisers bore a variety of rigs, mostly fore-and-aft in character, such as the single-masted cutter, the twin-masted schooner, or the two- or three-masted lugger.
Use twin-masted when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Twin-masted means (nautical) Having two masts..
Common synonyms include two-masted, double-masted.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1 But the typical Indonesian twin-masted square-sail rig is indeed in evidence in West Africa. Picture 33 shows such a craft - a model made in Ghana.
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