schooner
schooner Lexical Profile
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• noun
A sailing vessel with two or more masts, all of which are rigged fore-and-aft, with the foremast typically smaller than or equal in height to the mainmast.
"The historic wooden schooner glided gracefully out of the harbor with its sails fully unfurled."
A tall, large drinking glass used for serving beer (in North America and Australia) or a large, heavy-bottomed glass used for serving sherry (in Britain).
"After finishing the afternoon match, he ordered a cold schooner of pale ale at the pub."
North American A large, canvas-covered wagon (more fully called a prairie schooner) used by 19th-century pioneers moving westward across North America.
"Families packed all their earthly belongings into a sturdy schooner before setting out across the Great Plains."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in New England in the early 18th century, likely from a regional dialect verb 'scoon' or 'scun' (meaning to skim swiftly over water), which is of Scottish or Germanic origin.