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schoo·ner

(sko͞o′nər)

1. A fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel having at least two masts, with a foremast that is usually smaller than the other masts.

2. A large beer glass, generally holding a pint or more.

3. A prairie schooner.

[Origin unknown.]

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schooner

(ˈskuːnə)

1. (Nautical Terms) a sailing vessel with at least two masts, with all lower sails rigged fore-and-aft, and with the main mast stepped aft

2. Brit a large glass for sherry

3. US and Canadian and Austral and NZ a large glass for beer

[C18: origin uncertain]

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schoon•er

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(ˈsku nər)

n.

1. 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.

2. a very tall glass, as for beer.

3. prairie schooner.

[1705–15, Amer.; orig. uncertain]

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Noun	1.	schooner - a large beer glass drinking glass, glass - a container for holding liquids while drinking
	2.	schooner - sailing vessel used in former times sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts sharpshooter - a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters

Translations

مَرْكَب شِراعي

škuner

skonnert

Schoner

goélette

szkúner

skonnorta

goletta boccale

škuna

šoneris

skonnert

шхуна

uskuna

双桅纵帆船

schooner

[ˈskuːnəʳ] N

1. (Naut) → goleta f

2. (for sherry) → copa f grande

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

schooner

[ˈskuːnə^r] n

(= ship) → schooner m

(= sherry glass) → grand verre m à xérès

(US, Australian) (= beer glass) → verre m de bière (de 375 ml)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

schooner

(= boat) → Schoner m

(= sherry glass) → großes Sherryglas; (US, Austral: = beer schooner) → hohes Bierglas

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

schooner

[ˈskuːnəʳ] n

a. (Naut) → schooner m inv, goletta

b. (Brit) (sherry glass) → bicchiere m da sherry (Am) (beer glass) → boccale m da birra

schooner

(ˈskuːnə) noun

a type of fast sailing-ship with two or more masts.

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Here she comes again, and the schooner ain't built that'd stand such hammering."

Nevertheless, the bore of her displacement lifted the schooner's stern gently and made her dip her bow to the sea in a stately curtsey.

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Suo was a harbor so small that a large schooner could not swing at anchor in it.

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It was early morning, and even before the anchor went to the bottom the schooner was surrounded by boats.

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A little red dory, labelled Hattie S., lay astern of the schooner. Dan hauled in the painter, and dropped lightly on to the bottom boards, while Harvey tumbled clumsily after.

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At last the breeze came; the schooner sidled and drew nearer in the dark; I felt the hawser slacken once more, and with a good, tough effort, cut the last fibres through.

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A large launch, with two standing lugs, lay under the lea of the schooner; and into this the strange assortment of goods were swung.

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As they headed in for the sandspit, the submerged salmon boat could be seen, gunwales awash and held up from sinking by ropes fast to the schooner and the sloop.

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The cabin was small, to begin with, and to move around, as I was compelled to, was not made easier by the schooner's violent pitching and wallowing.

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The result of her effort was the knowledge that on the second day they were to sail for the Pamarung Islands upon a small schooner which her father had purchased, with a crew of Malays and lascars, and von Horn, who had served in the American navy, in command.

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And I sent a schooner clear to Hawaii to bring back a dismantled sugar mill and a German who said he knew the field-end of cane.

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Sheldon was back in the plantation superintending the building of a bridge, when the schooner Malakula ran in close and dropped anchor.