mastless
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From mast (“tall, slim post or tower”) + -less.
Adjective
[edit]mastless (not comparable)
- Without a mast.
- a mastless ship
Etymology 2
[edit]From mast (“fruit of forest-trees”) + -less.
Adjective
[edit]mastless (not comparable)
- Bearing no mast (fruit of a tree).
- a mastless oak or beech
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- mastless oak