dismastv.
/dɪsˈmɑːst//dɪsˈmast/ transitive. To deprive (a ship) of masts; to break down the masts of.
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society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > cause to suffer shipwreck [verb (transitive)] > lose (spars, sails, or rigging) > carry away mast
unmast1611
dismast1747
1747 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 486/2 She fired single guns at us, in order to dismast us.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 172 The Sloop, besides being dismasted, was..very leaky in her hull.
1823 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 17 His ship was quickly dismasted by the superior fire of his adversary.
1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. ii. ii. 233 A furious storm..dismasted his ship.
Derivatives
disˈmasted adj.
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society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > [adjective] > having lost tackle, rigging, or mast
untackled1552
distackled1586
unriggeda1593
unmasted1669
dismasted1769
1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) ii. 86 The hull dismasted there awhile may ride.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise 98 Leaky, dismasted, a most helpless prey To winds and waves.
disˈmastment n. [compare French démâtement] the action of dismasting a ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > [noun] > carrying away of masts
spendingc1595
dismasture1781
dismastment1828
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Dismastment, the act of dismasting; the state of being dismasted. Marshall.
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society > travel > travel by water > shipwreck > [noun] > carrying away of masts
spendingc1595
dismasture1781
dismastment1828
1781 J. Arbuthnot in Westminster Mag. May 9 265 My letter..will have acquainted their Lordships with the..dismasture of the Bedford, in a gale of wind.
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