double-masted

Pair of masts

Double-masted describes a sailing vessel with two masts: a double-masted schooner.

The term is straightforward and descriptive, used in nautical contexts to distinguish ships by their rigging configuration.

nautical

schooner

Multi-masted sailing craft

  • brigShipboard detention quarters
  • ketchTwo-masted fore-and-aft vessel
  • yawlTwo-masted sailing vessel

brigantine · rigging · sails · foremast · mainmast · bowsprit · gaff · boom · shrouds · halyard

historical

tall ship

Large traditional sailing vessel

18th-century · maritime · naval · explorer · voyage · seafaring · Age of Sail · cargo ship · coaster · packet ship

Opposites
mast quantity

double-mastedsingle-masted

With one upright spar

unmasted · mastless · three-masted · multi-masted · triple-masted

Family

double, mast, masted, doubled, doubling, doubles, doubly, redouble, redoubled

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G