Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Masting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mast \Mast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Masted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Masting}.]
To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in
position; as, to mast a ship.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Masting \Mast"ing\, n. (Naut.)
The act or process of putting a mast or masts into a vessel;
also, the scientific principles which determine the position
of masts, and the mechanical methods of placing them.
{Masting house} (Naut.), a large building, with suitable
mechanism overhanging the water, used for stepping and
unstepping the masts of vessels.
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