overmast

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verb

To furnish with a mast or masts overly tall or heavy.

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Meanings

verbovermast (third-person singular simple present overmasts, present participle overmasting, simple past and past participle overmasted)

present singular third person overmasts · participle present overmasting · participle past overmasted · past overmasted

  1. To furnish with a mast or masts overly tall or heavy.

    The double desire of being able to overtake a weaker flying enemy, or to escape when pursued by a stronger, has induced the owners to overmast their cruisers, and to spread too much canvass; […]

    1838, Benjamin Franklin, edited by Jared Sparks, The works of Benjamin Franklin, volume 6

Origin

From over- + mast.

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APA

overmast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmast

MLA

“overmast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmast. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overmast,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overmast.

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