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Definition of Mastless
1. a. Bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak or beech.
2. a. Having no mast; as, a mastless vessel.
Definition of Mastless
1. Adjective. Without a mast. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mastless
1. having no mast [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mastless
Literary usage of Mastless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Sea Wings, Ways, and Words, in the Days of Oak and Hemp by Robert Charles Leslie (1890)
"The old definition of seamanship—Soldiers and sailors compared as firemen—Sea-legs
required for work upon a modern mastless war-ship—An old one. and how she ..."
2. The Steam Navy of England: Past, Present, and Future by Harry Williams (1893)
"What ships in future wars will be sent out to fight the country's battles ?—mastless
ships—No rigged ships will be sent; therefore no ..."
3. A Manual of Naval Architecture: For the Use of Officers of the Royal Navy by William Henry White (1877)
"Ships of the mastless type are less affected by the action of these suddenly
applied squalls and gusts. Their broadsides do not offer sufficient surface to ..."
4. The British Navy: Its Strength, Resources, and Administration by Thomas Brassey Brassey (1883)
"It is only in mastless ships that the advantage of the turret system can be fully
developed, and in a purely economical point of view ..."
5. Evidence and Arguments Before the Committee on Charles River Dam Appointed by Henry Smith Pritchett (1903)
"There are a few, we believe, in use upon Long Island Sound; but the marine
insurance companies tell me that the}' will not insure a mastless barge; ..."
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