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Webster 1913 Edition

Dismast

Dis-mast′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dismasted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dismasting
.]
[Pref.
dis-
+
mast
: cf. F.
démâter
.]
To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from;
as, a storm
dismasted
the ship
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dismast

DISMAST

,
Verb.
T.
[dis and mast.] To deprive of a mast or masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismated the ship.

Definition 2024

dismast

dismast

English

Verb

dismast ‎(third-person singular simple present dismasts, present participle dismasting, simple past and past participle dismasted)

  1. (transitive, nautical) to break off the mast (of a ship), especially by gunfire.

Translations

Etymology

dis- +‎ mast

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