Meanings
- not comparablenauticalHaving one mast.
Until the 15th century even the largest ships were single-masted. After experimentation with double-masted ships a standard three-masted rig was settled on by most shipwrights.
2006, Cathal J. Nolan, The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 5812 more examples
The yacht club burgee may be displayed between morning and evening colors, at anchor, made-fast or under way, by (a) Mastless yachts or single-masted yachts with bow staff, at the bow staff, (b) single-masted yachts without bow[…]
1949 07, “Motorboating - ND”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 111Painting of small single-masted craft and extracted outline. In other respects, the vessel seems to resemble Boat 1, but with extra detail. We see here also the inclusion of the bow sprit or bob stay chain.
2008 June 1, Geoffrey Richard Clark, Sue O'Connor, Bryan Foss Leach, Islands of Inquiry: Colonisation, Seafaring and the Archaeology of Maritime Landscapes, ANU E Press, →ISBN, page 405Synonyms: one-masted
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving one mast.
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