topsail schooner

noun

1. a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.

Word History and Origins

Origin of topsail schooner¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

He pointed, as he spoke, to a large square-topsail schooner which lay out in the stream, at a single anchor.

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She was a topsail schooner rig, with certain additions of the peculiar character which we have mentioned.

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She was a fine large square topsail schooner, with a black hull and taunt raking masts.

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She was rigged as a topsail schooner, and her funnel was tall, oval-shaped, and cream-coloured.

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We made her out to be a large topsail schooner—a rakish-looking craft.

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