Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

wind ship

American  
[wind] / wɪnd /

noun

  1. a large sailing vessel.

Etymology

Origin of wind ship

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Her one last chance of keeping up a little longer was to wind ship herself.

From The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 by Langton, H. H. (Hugh Hornby)

Well, 'stead of a water ship, I'm going to make a wind ship that will go on land.

From Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's by Hope, Laura Lee

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.