Meanings
present singular third person dismasts · participle present dismasting · participle past dismasted · past dismasted
- transitivenauticalTo break off the mast (of a ship), especially by gunfire.
1 more example
Christian Bergh began shipbuilding in 1804 with the ship North America, of four hundred tons, built for the Atlantic trade, and the brig Gipsey, of three hundred tons, a very sharp vessel for those days. She was dismasted off the Cape of Good Hope upon her first voyage to Batavia, and afterwards foundered in a heavy squall, all hands being lost.
1911, Arthur Hamilton Clark, The Clipper Ship Era 1843-1869, Chapter 1
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishmast
- Englishdismast
Translations
French démâter
- démâterto break off the mast of a ship
Hebrew מוֹטֵט תֹּרֶן
- מוֹטֵט תֹּרֶןto break off the mast of a ship
Italian disalberare
- disalberareto break off the mast of a ship
Spanish desarbolar
- desarbolarto break off the mast of a ship
Cite this entry
dismast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dismast
“dismast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dismast. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dismast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dismast.
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