| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: dismasting, dismasted, dismasts, dismaster, dismasters, dismastingly and dismastedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DISMAST" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Note: Dismast \Dis*mast"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Dismasted; present participle verb or noun Dismasting.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISMAST
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To deprive of a mast or masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismated the ship.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] (transitive) To break off the mast (of a ship), especially by gunfire. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
