ppl. a. [UNDER-1 10 a.] (See quot. 1841.)
1594. Downton, in Hakluyt, Voy. (1599), II. II. 201. She was much vndermasted, and vndersailed, yet she went well for a ship that was so foule.
1627. Capt. Smith, Seaman’s Gram., ii. 15. If either too small or too short, she is vnder masted or low masted.
1674. Petty, Disc. Dupl. Proportion, 29. The chief cause why short, bluff, undermasted Vessels sail cheaper than others.
1841. Totten, Naval Text-book (1862), 437. Under-masted, or under-sparred,… applied to vessels which have masts under the usual dimensions.
1667. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., 706.
1900. Sir W. Kennedy, Life of a Sailor, xiii. 202. She was nothing else than an undermasted, undermanned coal-hulk.
