schooner-rigged

schooner-rigged
adjective see schooner rig

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • schooner-rigged — ☆ schooner rigged [sko͞on′ərrigd΄ ] adj. rigged like a schooner, fore and aft …   English World dictionary

  • schooner-rigged — adjective see schooner rig * * * /skooh neuhr rigd /, adj. rigged as a schooner, esp. with gaff sails and staysails only. [1760 70] * * * schoonˈer rigged adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑schooner …   Useful english dictionary

  • schooner-rigged — /skooh neuhr rigd /, adj. rigged as a schooner, esp. with gaff sails and staysails only. [1760 70] * * * …   Universalium

  • schooner-rigged — /ˈskunə rɪgd/ (say skoohnuh rigd) adjective fore and aft rigged …  

  • schooner rig — noun : fore and aft rig • schooner rigged ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective * * * schooner rig, = fore and aft rig. (Cf. ↑fore and aft rig) …   Useful english dictionary

  • schooner rig — noun Date: 1828 fore and aft rig • schooner rigged adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Schooner — Schoon er, n. [See the Note below. Cf. {Shun}.] (Naut.) 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • schooner — ☆ schooner [sko͞o′nər ] n. [< ? Scot dial. scun, to skip a flat stone across water] 1. a sailing vessel with two or more masts, rigged fore and aft 2. short for PRAIRIE SCHOONER 3. a large beer glass, usually holding a pint …   English World dictionary

  • Schooner — 1) Bowsprit2) Jib, followed by fore staysail3) (Fore) gaff topsail4) Foresail5) Main gaff topsail6) Mainsail7) End of boom] A schooner (pronEng|ˈskuːnɚ) is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore and aft sails on two or more… …   Wikipedia

  • schooner — /skooh neuhr/, n. 1. Naut. 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. Cf. ketch, topsail schooner, yawl (def. 2). 2. a very tall glass, as… …   Universalium

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