dismast

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dismast

verb dismasts · dismasting · dismasted

transitive To break off the mast (of a ship), especially by gunfire. Christian Bergh began shipbuilding in 1804 with the ship North America, of four hundred tons, built for the Atlantic trade, and the brig Gipsey, of three hundred tons, a very sharp vessel for those days. She was dismasted off the Cape of Good Hope upon her first voyage to Batavia, and afterwards fou

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verb to break off the mast of a ship

Español	desarbolar
Français	démâter
Italiano	disalberare
עברית	מוֹטֵט תֹּרֶן

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@misc{dismast_2026,
  title = {dismast},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dismast},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}