three-masted
Ship with three
Three-masted describes a sailing vessel with three masts: a three-masted schooner, a three-masted barque.
The term appears mainly in nautical and historical contexts, distinguishing such ships from smaller two-masted vessels or larger four-masted ones.
Multi-masted sailing vessel
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- schoonerMulti-masted sailing craft
- full-riggedThree-masted, all square-sailed
- square-riggedSails perpendicular to hull
mainmast · foremast · mizzenmast · yards · sails · shrouds · ratlines · bowsprit
Fast ship or trimmer
- merchantmanCommercial sailing vessel
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
- man-of-warArmed sailing vessel
galleon · carrack · brigantine · whaler · packet · trader · slaver · naval
barque
Multi-masted sailing vessel
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- schoonerMulti-masted sailing craft
- full-riggedThree-masted, all square-sailed
square-rigged · mainmast · foremast · mizzenmast · yards · sails · shrouds · ratlines · bowsprit · topmast
clipper
Fast ship or trimmer
- merchantmanCommercial sailing vessel
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
- frigateMedium-sized naval warship
man-of-war · galleon · carrack · brigantine · whaler · packet · trader · slaver · naval · colonial
hull
Outer covering or frame
bow · timber · oak · shipwright · shipyard · launching · ribs · planking · caulking · copper-bottomed
windward
Facing the wind
voyage · captain · crew · helmsman · navigation · compass · sextant · charting · ocean · crossing
three-mastedsingle-masted
With one upright spar
unmasted · sloop · mastless · catboat · two-masted
three, mast, masted, thrice, third, thirds, thirdly, thirteen, thirteenth