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schooner

[ skoo-ner ]

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noun

Nautical. any of various types of sailing vessel having a foremast and mainmast, with or without other masts, and having fore-and-aft sails on all lower masts. ketch, topsail schooner, yawl ¹( def 2 ).
a very tall glass, as for beer.
prairie schooner.

schooner

/ ˈskuːnə /

a sailing vessel with at least two masts, with all lower sails rigged fore-and-aft, and with the main mast stepped aft
a large glass for sherry
a large glass for beer

1705–15, Americanism; perhaps scoon, variant of dial. scun scud ¹ (compare dialectal Swedish skunna, Old English scyndan ) + -er ¹

C18: origin uncertain

On the way they passed by the Schooner Tavern, where they encountered Dean Schmitz and Molly Flaherty.

I know of one, built on piles on a sand-bank, that was run into by a schooner and carried bodily away.

In the street a luxurious limousine was tooting for a ramshackle prairie schooner to turn to one side.

On the other hand, you can prepare to dispose of the serial rights of the Schooner Farallone: a most grim and gloomy tale.

If we could only have Macgregor here with his schooner, you would hear of no more troubles in Samoa.

A powder magazine was set afloat, but it struck the schooner, which lay at anchor near the frigate.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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