Look up: Schooner


  1. Schooner
    A schooner is a sailing vessel with two or more masts, fore- and aft-rigged, whose main and fore sails are extended by gaffs and stretched out below by booms. Small schooners seldom had a boom for the foresail.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RS.HTM

  2. Schooner
    Naval (1) A sailing vessel normally with two masts, but there have been schooners with up to five masts; it is fore-and-aft rigged on all masts. A Topsail Schooner has a square topsail on the foremast. Of the origin of the name, the old story says that when the first vessel of this type was l...
    Found op http://www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/s.htm

  3. schooner
    [n] - a large beer glass 2. [n] - sailing vessel used in former times
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=schooner

  4. schooner
    type of glass tapering from top to bottom. Generally used for lagers. (Also a sherry glass and a boat)
    Found op http://www.bottledbeer.co.uk/glossary.html

  5. Schooner
    Schoon'er noun [ See the Note below. Confer Shun .] (Nautical) 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 ....
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/31

  6. Schooner
    Schoon'er noun [ D.] A large goblet or drinking glass, -- used for lager beer or ale. [ U.S.]
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/31

  7. schooner
    Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vesels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vesels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with ...
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  8. schooner
    noun sailing vessel used in former times
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=schooner

  9. Schooner
    • (n.) 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 fou...
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  1. schooner
    a sailing ship rigged with fore-and-aft sails on its two or more masts. To the foremast there may also be rigged one or more square topsails or, ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/44

  2. schooner
    1. a large beer glass
    2. sailing vessel used in former times

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  3. schooner
    an informal unit of liquid volume. A schooner is a large tumbler or drinking glass holding about 400 milliliters or 13.5 U.S. fluid ounces. Similarly, in Queensland, New South Wales, and the Northern Territory (Australia) a schooner of beer holds 425 milliliters. In South Australia, however, a schoo...
    Found op http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictS.html

  4. Schooner
    Sailing ships with at least 2 masts (foremast and mainmast) with the mainmast being the taller. Word derives from the term 'schoon/scoon' meaning to move
    Found op http://www.sailinglinks.com/glossary.htm

  5. schooner
    schooner (skOO'nur) , sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with from two to seven masts. Schooners can lie closer to the wind than square-rigged sailing ships, need a smaller crew, and are very fast. They were first constructed in colonial America and because of their speed became one of the fav...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0844006.html

  6. schooner
    A two masted sailing boat where the main mast is the rearmost.
    Found op http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/Boating-terms.html

  7. Schooner
    A fore-and-aft rigged ship with two or more masts.
    Found op http://www.seadercraft.com/sailing_glossary.html

  8. Schooner
    [glass] A schooner is a type of glass used for serving German wheat beer or some Australian beers. In South Australian pubs and clubs, the term "schooner" refers to a glass with a volume of 285mL. In other Australian states, it means 425mL. In Britain, a schooner is a large sherry glass. She...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schooner_(glass)

  9. schooner
    1) A rigged sailing vessel 2) Beer glass 3) Draft holder 4) Draft order? 5) Drinking glass 6) Glass 7) Large sailing vessel 8) Masted ship 9) Prairie wagon 10) Sailing vessel 11) Sailing vessel of yore 12) Tall beer ...
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/schooner/1

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