Cape Horner

American  

[kayp hawrn-er] / ˈkeɪp ˈhɔrn ər /

noun

plural

Cape Horners

1. a ship, sailor, or passenger that has sailed around Cape Horn.

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Example Sentences

A tall Cape Horner that looked almost a twin sister of the ill-fated Northumberland was discharging iron, and astern of her, graceful as a dream, with snow-white decks, lay the Raratonga discharging copra.

From The Blue Lagoon: a romance by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

Vandover boarded the Cape Horner in company with the pilot and the rest and reached San Francisco late on the next day, which happened to be a Sunday.

From Vandover and the Brute by Norris, Frank

Some friends of the Captain had boarded us from the tug, eager for the novelty of a trip up-river in a real Cape Horner.

From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.

Them buoys is as hard to hurt as gotes, and as tuff as ship's biskit on a Cape Horner.

From The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code by Wrenn, Charles L. (Charles Lewis)

It was the Cape Horner, and presently Vandover made out her lights, two glowing spots moving upon the darkness, like the eyes of some nocturnal sea-monster.

From Vandover and the Brute by Norris, Frank