clipper-built

American  

[klip-er-bilt] / ˈklɪp ərˌbɪlt /

adjective

Nautical.

1. (of a hull) having fast lines, with a high ratio of length to beam and a fine entrance.

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Etymology

Origin of clipper-built

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

On recovering sufficiently to raise myself on my elbow, I perceived that we were already outside the coral reef and close alongside the schooner, which was of small size and clipper-built.

From The Coral Island by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Mr. Lawrence wanted to point out the difference between a clumsy coast lugger just putting out to sea, and a clean little clipper-built English yacht coming in.

From All Aboard A Story for Girls by Newberry, Fannie E.

That sounds like a slow business; but the Brooks was a clipper-built vessel with three masts and a lot of sails—square sails, fore-and-aft sails, jib sails, and all that sort of thing.

From The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories by Stockton, Frank Richard

From this outlook we count over two hundred steamers in sight at the same time, all side-wheelers and clipper-built, drawn hither by the exigencies of the local trade growing out of the great annual fair.

From Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands by Ballou, Maturin Murray

There was a heap of betting on that round, and, of course, with that clipper-built straight of mine, I wasn't going to let any of 'em put it on me.

From Taking Chances by Cullen, Clarence L.