dismasting
English
editVerb
editdismasting
- present participle and gerund of dismast
Noun
editdismasting (plural dismastings)
- The act by which a ship is dismasted.
- 1951 January, MotorBoating, volume 87, number 1, page 50:
- Nearly 150 boats crossed the line in a gale of wind that caused several dismastings, and minor disasters.