four-master
Large sailing vessel
A four-master is a sailing ship with four masts.
The term appears in historical and nautical contexts, describing large commercial or naval vessels from the age of sail: The four-master rounded the cape under full canvas.
Such ships were typically barques or schooners designed for long ocean voyages.
Multi-masted sailing vessel
- clipperFast ship or trimmer
- windjammerLarge commercial sailing ship
- schoonerMulti-masted sailing craft
- brigantineTwo-masted mixed-rig vessel
square-rigger · galleon · barkentine · frigate · merchantman · full-rigged · man-of-war · carrack
Vessel's sail support
- foremastShip's frontmost vertical spar
- mainmastShip's central vertical spar
- mizzenmastShip's rearmost vertical spar
- bowspritForward-projecting ship pole
yardarm · spar · rigging · shroud · ratline · halyard · sheet · sail
Journey by sea
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- cargoTransported goods
- captainOne who commands
- crewWorking team aboard
mariner · helmsman · shipwright · harbor · port · wharf · anchorage · chandler
Returning something to condition
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
barque
Multi-masted sailing vessel
- clipperFast ship or trimmer
- windjammerLarge commercial sailing ship
- schoonerMulti-masted sailing craft
brigantine · square-rigger · galleon · barkentine · frigate · merchantman · full-rigged · man-of-war · carrack · ship-of-the-line
mast
Vessel's sail support
- foremastShip's frontmost vertical spar
- mainmastShip's central vertical spar
- mizzenmastShip's rearmost vertical spar
bowsprit · yardarm · spar · rigging · shroud · ratline · halyard · sheet · sail · topsail
voyage
Journey by sea
crew · mariner · helmsman · shipwright · harbor · port · wharf · anchorage · chandler · manifest
restoration
Returning something to condition
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- shipsship, vessel, freighter, tanker, cargo ship