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threemasted

threemasted adjective: having three masts.

Adjective

threemasted (not comparable)

  1. Having three masts.
    • The schooner Onward, a threemasted vessel, owned by C. P. Doe & Co., of San Francisco, may become a total wreck as a result of going ashore on the beach just south of Coquille bar on February 25.1905 March 1, “Pacific Coast Marine”, in Coast Seamen's Journal, volume 18, number 23, page 5
    • Elijah, skiff, light crumpled throwaway, sailed eastward by flanks of ships and trawlers, amid an archipelago of corks, beyond new Wapping street past Benson’s ferry, and by the threemasted schooner Rosevean from Bridgwater with bricks.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], pages 239–240
    Synonyms:
    three-masted, triple-masted

Synonyms of threemasted

Questions about threemasted

What does threemasted mean?
Threemasted means having three masts.
What part of speech is threemasted?
Threemasted is an adjective.

Words near threemasted in the dictionary

  1. threek
  2. threeks
  3. threeling
  4. threelings
  5. threemake
  6. threemasted
  7. threenager
  8. threenagers
  9. threeness
  10. threenesses
  11. threep

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