overmastingn.
/ˌəʊvəˈmɑːstɪŋ/, /ˌəʊvəˈmastɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmæstɪŋ/ Nautical.
The provision of a sailing ship with too high or too heavy a mast.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > furnishing with masts > excessively
overmasting1902
1902 Amer. Hist. Rev. 7 368 The unseaworthiness of this pinnace was due to a loose board or plank, and not to ‘overmasting’.
1906 J. Conrad Mirror of Sea xi. 58 It was a fine period in ship-building, and also..a period of over-masting.
1934 G. M. Young Early Victorian Eng. 402 Overmasting..led to many a disaster in the ranks of the opium fleet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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