mastless
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
mast (“tall, slim post or tower”) + -less
Adjective edit
mastless (not comparable)
- Without a mast.
- a mastless ship
Etymology 2 edit
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