sixteen-masted

sixteen-masted

English

Adjective

sixteen-masted (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Having sixteen masts.
   • 1973, ABM, volume 2, number 4, page 78:

     Seven of his watercolours and screen prints are illustrated, and they include such fantasies as a sixteen-masted barque and a seven-layered steam locomotive.

   • 1973, Horizon, volume 50, number 1, Horizon Publishers, page 50:

     The magnificent sixteen-masted bark at right, Eureka II, fell to pieces off Cape Hatteras, reports Crutchfield.

   • 2017, Bradley P. Beaulieu, The winds of Khalakovo, Quillings Literary Services, →ISBN, page 405:

     Behind them, in the blowing snow, a small, eight-masted caravel resolved against the background of the dark grey clouds. Moments later, another came clear—a huge, sixteen-masted clipper.