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Synonyms for schooner


Grammar : Noun
Spell : skoo-ner
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsku nər



Définition of schooner

Origin :
  • fore-and-aft rigged vessel, originally with only two masts, 1716, perhaps from a New England verb related to Scottish scon "to send over water, to skip stones." Skeat relates this dialectal verb to shunt. Spelling probably influenced by Dutch, but Dutch schoener is a loan-word from English, as are German Schoner, French schooner, Swedish skonert. Said to have originated in Gloucester, Mass., shipyard.
  • The rig characteristic of a schooner has been defined as consisting essentially of two gaff sails, the after sail not being smaller than the fore, and a head sail set on a bowsprit. [OED]
  • Meaning "tall beer glass" is from 1879, of unknown origin or connection.
  • noun boat
Example sentences :
  • Over his schooner of beer K. gathered something of the story.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • As he spoke there was a sudden soft jar and jerk, then the schooner was still.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • The schooner ahead of us had to cut, and she shifted her berth outside of us.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • When we got back to the schooner, we found her lifting her anchors.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The schooner was wet, and the seas she shipped would put out my fire.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The water was now up to my breast, and I knew the schooner must go over.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Of course we were lodged and fed, in waiting for the schooner to come in.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The topsail-yard was on the cap, and the schooner now came up into the wind.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • In one week I was thoroughly disgusted, and left the schooner.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • This shark, I was told, had kept company with me as long as I had been in sight from the schooner.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

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