remastv.
/ˌriːˈmɑːst/, /ˌriːˈmast/, U.S. /riˈmæst/ Nautical.
transitive. To fit with a new mast or masts. Frequently in passive.In quot. 1781 intransitive in progressive with passive meaning.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > rig > furnish with masts > anew
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1743 T. Mathews in Authentick Lett. relating to Exped. to Mediterranean (?1744) 16 Thirty two ships of the Line, nineteen of which are remasted and refitted.
1781 Westm. Mag. 9 265 While the Bedford was re~masting.
1804 J. Larwood No Gun Boats 18 The prefects of the ports will re-ship their rudders, re-mast the Flotilla.
1855 G. W. Thornbury Monarchs of Main III. i. 3 At Curaçoa they sent a boat offshore to ask leave to land and remast Laurence de Graff's vessel that had suffered in a hurricane.
1894 Times 30 July 10/4 The old Victory flagship at Portsmouth has been removed from her harbour moorings and towed into the repairing basin, where she will be remasted.
1952 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 12 25 Several of the Comte d'Estaing's ships were remasted at Boston in the fall of 1778.
1992 Nova Scotia Trav. Guide 97/2 Legend credits the infamous Captain Kidd with bringing his pirate ship to Sloop Rock off Noel to be remasted.
2004 T. Couzens Battles S. Afr. ii. 19 The competent French commander did not flinch from his goal: he temporarily remasted the Hannibal and headed south.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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