three-master

[ three-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

/ ˈθriˈmæs tər, -ˈmɑ stər /

a sailing ship with three masts.

Origin of three-master

First recorded in 1880–85

three-mast·ed, adjective

In the harbor I had noticed a three-master, the schooner Ayesha.

The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) |Various
The captain, irritated by this, veered about and ran straight down upon the three-master.

A Romance of the West Indies |Eugne Sue
At one time sailing a three-master, and then conning one of the new steam-vessels which have been added to our fleets.

With the Dyaks of Borneo |F. S. Brereton
It was plain enough that he was devising some expedient to escape the three-master.

Fighting for the Right |Oliver Optic

Tell me,” said Lagross, “that three-master we saw just now, would she be making for Kerguelen?

The Beach of Dreams |H. De Vere Stacpoole