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

Larger vessels now built after their model are termed clipper-built: sharp and fast; low in the water; rakish.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

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)

They got to the docks in time, and got on board that fast-sailing, clipper-built, never-beaten, always-healthy ship, the Flash of Lightning, 5,600 tons, A 1.

From The Three Clerks by Trollope, Anthony

She was a pretty, clipper-built, sharp-looking craft, but had made a slower run even than ourselves. 

From Letters from the Cape by Duff Gordon, Lucie, Lady

Whatever it was, it was clipper-built, swift, and in fighting trim.

From The Way of the Wild by Rountree, Harry