topsail schooner

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of topsail schooner

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

The tiny topsail schooner Pickle leaked and bucked her way past Spanish Finisterre, through Biscay's Bay, past French Finistere, and English Land's End, to Falmouth.

From Time Magazine Archive

While most of the tall ships are being manned by male cadets, the smaller topsail schooner Sir Winston Churchill, owned by England's Sail Training Association, is carrying 42 female sail trainees.

From Time Magazine Archive

My first memorable encounter with this phenomenon occurred some years back while ascending the Potomac River to Washington D.C., in the topsail schooner Pride of Baltimore II.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the sight of the friendly flag did not seem to allay the suspicions of those on board the topsail schooner.

From True To His Colors by Castlemon, Harry

One of the most noted of these occasions was the repulse of ten Picaroon barges that attacked the United States topsail schooner "Experiment," and a fleet of merchantmen under her charge.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)