Words Like SCHOONER
We have put together a list of words that are similar to SCHOONER.
1 Alternative Words Similar to schooner
10 definitions of schooner
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Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
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A large goblet or drinking glass, -- used for lager beer or ale.
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sailing vessel used in former times
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A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel having at least two masts, with a foremast that is usually smaller than the other masts.
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A large beer glass, generally holding a pint or more.
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A fore-and-aft rigged vessel, formerly with only two masts, but now often with three, and sometimes with four or five.
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A covered emigrant-wagon formerly used on the prairies. See prairie-schooner.
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A tall glass used for liquor, especially lager-beer, and supposed to hold more than an ordinary beer-glass.