Meanings
- not comparablenauticalHaving 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.
1964, Africa and Indonesia the Evidence of the Xylophone and Other Musical and Cultural Factors, Brill Archive, page 1912 more examples
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.
2009 October 27, Miles Kendall, Ultimate Sailing Adventures: 100 Extraordinary Experiences on the Water, Fernhurst Books Limited, →ISBNSmaller 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.
2014 February 28, Richard Woodman, The Sea Warriors: Fighting Captains and Frigate Warfare in the Age of Nelson, Seaforth Publishing, →ISBN, page 348Synonyms: two-masted, double-masted
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving two masts.
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