Schooner

  • 11Schooner — Schooner, langes, schmales, 2mastiges Schiff, zum Schnellsegeln eingerichtet; eine Art des S. ist die Goelette …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 12schooner — /ingl. ˈskuːnə(r)/ o scooner [vc. ingl., di etim. incerta] s. m. inv. yacht (ingl.), goletta …

    Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • 13schooner — ► NOUN 1) a sailing ship with two or more masts, typically with the foremast smaller than the mainmast. 2) Brit. a large glass for sherry. 3) N. Amer. & Austral./NZ a tall beer glass. ORIGIN perhaps from dialect scun skim along …

    English terms dictionary

  • 14Schooner — 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… …

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  • 15schooner — /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… …

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  • 16schooner — [[t]sku͟ːnə(r)[/t]] schooners 1) N COUNT A schooner is a medium sized sailing ship. 2) N COUNT A schooner is a large glass used for drinking sherry. [BRIT] 3) N COUNT A schooner is a tall glass for beer. [AM] …

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  • 17schooner —    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… …

    Dictionary of units of measurement

  • 18Schooner — Goélette  Cet article concerne le voilier. Pour l oiseau appelé aussi hirondelle de mer, voir Sterne pierregarin. Une goélette de pêche, gréée seulement avec des voiles auriques …

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  • 19schooner — UK [ˈskuːnə(r)] / US [ˈskunər] noun [countable] Word forms schooner : singular schooner plural schooners 1) a sailing ship with at least two masts (= tall poles supporting the sails) 2) a) American a large glass for beer b) British a large glass… …

    English dictionary

  • 20schooner — /ˈskunə / (say skoohnuh) noun 1. a sailing vessel with two or more masts and fore and aft rig. 2. Chiefly NSW, ACT, NT and Qld, some WA and Tasmania a glass of beer of approximately 425 ml (15 fl oz). 3. SA a glass of beer of approximately 285 ml …