clipper-built
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of clipper-built
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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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
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.
The "Bella" was a full-rigged ship of nearly 500 tons burden, clipper-built, and almost new.
From Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton by Anonymous
Would God that I were left alone to—but—nay, do not be alarmed; perhaps I am wrong; it may be a—a clipper-built trading vessel.
From The World of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Scattered over its sunlit waters trim clipper-built craft rode at anchor; between them, long-oared skiffs darted back and forth like long-legged water-bugs.
From The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days by Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina)
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