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Definition of 'schooner'Noun
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(nautical) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.
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* 2004 , Reese Palley, The Best of Nautical Quarterly: Volume 1: The Lure of Sail , page 181 ,
- Designed by Frank Payne's renowned Boston design office, and built in 1928 of longleaf yellow pine, this 82-footer has been a racing schooner' — a staysail '''schooner''' — since the heyday of ''Class-A'' ocean racing in ' schooners during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
* 2005 , Otmar Schäuffelen, Chapman: Great Sailing Ships of the World , page xxi ,
- In addition to the square-rigged sailing ships, the schooners were the second largest group of large sailing vessels.
* 2007 , Donald Launer, Lessons from My Good Old Boat , page 240 ,
- Unfortunately, anyone looking for a schooner' today has limited choices. In the used boat market there are always some wooden hulls available, and occasionally ones of steel or aluminum, but fiberglass-hulled ' schooners are harder to come by.
(Australia) A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states ().
* , Fozen Pumps'', 2008, Kees de Hoog (editor), ''Up and Down Australia: Short Stories Selected by Kees de Hoog , page 67 ,
- Foaming schooners of beer grew ever larger and more numerous as the crimson February suns went to their rest.
* 2004 , Ken Ewell, Voyages of Discovery: A Manly Adventure in the Lands Down Under , page 94 ,
- And needless to say, the Western Australia row will eventually be filled in as well, though not before drinking a schooner of the amber nectar in Perth.
* 2009 , Charles Rawlings-Way, Meg Worby, Lindsay Brown, Paul Harding, Central Australia: Adelaide to Darwin , Lonely Planet, page 59 ,
- For a true Adelaide experience, head for the bar and order a schooner of Coopers, the local brew, or a glass of SA?s impressive wine.
(US) A large goblet or drinking glass, used for lager or ale ().
Usage notes
* (sailing ship) Variants exist, such as with additional square sails on the fore topmast. Compare ketch and yawl which have a main and a mizzen mast.
* (size of glass) A schooner is one of the larger measures, except in South Australia, where it is smaller. See for details.
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