- schooner
- noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1716 1. a typically 2-masted fore-and-aft rigged vessel with a foremast and a mainmast stepped nearly amidships 2. a larger-than-usual drinking glass (as for beer)
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schooner — [ skunɶr; ʃunɶr ] n. m. • scooner 1751; mot angl. ♦ Anciennt Petit navire à deux mâts, goélette utilisée pour la pêche et le commerce. « Je m embarquai sur le schooner américain » (Chateaubriand). ● schooner nom masculin (anglais schooner)… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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 — (n.) 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 Du. schoener is a loan word from English, as are Ger.… … Etymology dictionary
schooner — [SCÚNĂR] s. n. / scúnă s. f. navă cu vele, cu două catarge înclinate, asemănătoare cu goeleta, folosită pentru pescuit şi cabotaj. (< engl., fr. schooner) Trimis de raduborza, 28.05.2008. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
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 — Schoon er, n. [D.] A large goblet or drinking glass, used for lager beer or ale. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Schooner — (v. engl.), ein zweimastiges Fahrzeug von 100 u. mehr Lasten, lang u. schmal, hat am großen Mast ein Gieksegel u. am Fockmast ein Gafselsegel, vor demselben aber eine Breesocke u. einige dreieckige Segel auf dem Bugspriet, zu denen noch kleine… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Schooner — Schooner, s. Schoner … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Schooner — Schooner, Segelschiff mit zwei Masten mit je einer Stenge sowie Gaffelsegel und Gaffeltopsegel; s. Segelschiffstypen … Lexikon der gesamten Technik
Schooner — Schooner, Schiff, s. Schoner … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Schooner — Schooner, langes, schmales, 2mastiges Schiff, zum Schnellsegeln eingerichtet; eine Art des S. ist die Goelette … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
