schooner
pronunciation
How to pronounce schooner in British English:
UK [ˈsku:nə(r)]
How to pronounce schooner in American English:
US [ˈskunɚ]
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- Noun:
- a large beer glass
- sailing vessel used in former times
Word Origin
- schooner (n.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. The schooner sailed coastward . We followed a coastward route .
- 2. He drank a schooner of beer and became drunken .
- 3. By good fortune hunter pulled a good oar . We made the water fly ; and the boat was soon alongside , and I aboard the schooner .
- 4. A fourmasted schooner hove , in sight .
- 5. Schooner with topsail and flying jibs .