Schooner
Pronunciation
- IPA: /skuËnÉ™(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -uËnÉ™(ɹ)
Full definition of schooner
Noun
schooner
(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.
- 1907, w, The Dust of Conflict Chapter 6, 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, %22schooners%22+-intitle:%22schooner|schooners%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=9_kPf3u6_i&sig=EUPQF_aEJj8wVX7uboO9cScpLtQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=U7Y4UNWtGIiImQXol4CoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22schooner%22|%22schooners%22%20-intitle%3A%22schooner|schooners%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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, %22schooners%22+-intitle:%22schooner|schooners%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=9SABXWyR9e&sig=0RFpr55RLef8EIVWAATBU3IdhRg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=U7Y4UNWtGIiImQXol4CoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22schooner%22|%22schooners%22%20-intitle%3A%22schooner|schooners%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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, %22schooners%22+-intitle:%22schooner|schooners%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=OvSJiHpYHR&sig=1iLd5-W7_mPLdQ2pW5agWpSX63I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=U7Y4UNWtGIiImQXol4CoAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22schooner%22|%22schooners%22%20-intitle%3A%22schooner|schooners%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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 (Schooner (glass)).
- a. 1964 Arthur Upfield, Fozen Pumps, 2008, Kees de Hoog (editor), Up and Down Australia: Short Stories Selected by Kees de Hoog, %22schooners%22+australia+-intitle:%22schooner|schooners%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=7OqgHPIGof&sig=kCIg9WnAnaY7MtYReqrE68ssEl0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QsI4UOWpCPCwiQeA8oCoDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22schooner%22|%22schooners%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22schooner|schooners%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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, %22schooners%22+australia+-intitle:%22schooner|schooners%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=6NeSq04LaX&sig=lO7tdgNVYqo2M8v6FovttLAakcQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QsI4UOWpCPCwiQeA8oCoDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22schooner%22|%22schooners%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22schooner|schooners%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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, %22schooners%22+australia+-intitle:%22schooner|schooners%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=5lSlBGW1NT&sig=4PTVtTbNvESl_ZWZ6E8i3bAqSas&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QsI4UOWpCPCwiQeA8oCoDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22schooner%22|%22schooners%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22schooner|schooners%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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 (Schooner (glass)).