资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.