three-master

The other vessels were two-masted schooners, but she was a three-master and the largest in the fleet.

Chris Farrington, Able Seaman 2010

Shran worked his way down from the "current" name-bearer, the starship on which he was a guest, to the space shuttle, to the aircraft carrier, and finally to the three-master.

A MISSED ENTERPRISE Toby O'B 2005

The “Chancellor” is a fine square-rigged three-master, of 900 tons burden, and belongs to the wealthy

The Survivors of the Chancellor 2003

Armed with this praise, John Paul had won command—as well as a guarantee of the share of the profits—of a larger ship, a three-master of some 300 tons, the Betsy.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

Armed with this praise, John Paul had won command—as well as a guarantee of the share of the profits—of a larger ship, a three-master of some 300 tons, the Betsy.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

In the year 1795 a three-master, the ‘Juno,’ was precisely in the same half-sunk, water-logged condition as ourselves; and yet with her passengers and crew clinging to her top-masts she drifted for twenty days, until she came in sight of land, when those who had survived the deprivation and fatigue were saved.

The Survivors of the Chancellor 2003

No wonder that we were surprised at seeing this three-master heading dead for us in the gloom of early morning.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

Before we had time even to move, nothing remained of the three-master save some pieces of wreckage floating on the surface and an army of rats covering the rocks left bare by the receding tide.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

Itchoua pointed, and following his finger, we saw a big three-master, with all sail set, heading straight for the light.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001

As if obeying his words, the derelict three-master stopped, came about and headed for us once more.

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001