schooner
English
editEtymology
editAttested ca. 1715, of uncertain origin. Said to be derived from dialectal scoon (“to skim over water”). Compare also shunt (“to cause to move (suddenly)”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /skuːnə(ɹ)/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -uːnə(ɹ)
Noun
editschooner (plural schooners)
- (nautical) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.
- Synonym: goelette
- 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 6, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
- The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land.
- 2004, Reese Palley, The Best of Nautical Quarterly: Volume 1: The Lure of Sail[1], 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[2], 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[3], 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.
- (UK) A glass for drinking a large measure of sherry.
- (Australia) A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states (Wikipedia).
- a. 1964, Arthur Upfield, “Fozen Pumps”, in Kees de Hoog, editor, Up and Down Australia: Short Stories Selected by Kees de Hoog[5], published 2008, 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[6], 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[7], 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 (Wikipedia).
- (historical) A covered wagon used by emigrants.
Usage notes
edit- (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 Beer in Australia: Beer glasses for details.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editsailing ship
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Anagrams
editFrench
editNoun
editschooner m (plural schooners)
- schooner (boat)
Further reading
edit- “schooner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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