Definition von schooner im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a main mast. There are variants, such as additional square sails on the fore topmast. Compare ketch and yawl which have a main and a mizzen mast
A glass of beer. Size varies by state, but it is typically one of the larger measures, except in South Australia; see Beer in Australia: Beer glasses for details
A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore and aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a main mast. There are variants, such as additional square sails on the fore topmast. cf. ketch and yawl which have a main and a mizzen mast
A schooner is a tall glass for beer. a fast sailing ship with two sails. Sailing ship rigged with fore-and-aft sails on its two or more masts. Though apparently developed from a 17th-century Dutch design, the first genuine schooner was built in the American colonies, probably at Gloucester, Mass., in 1713, by Andrew Robinson. Compared to square-rigged ships, they were ideal for coastal sailing; they handled better in the varying coastal winds, had shallower drafts for shallow waters, and required a smaller crew in proportion to their size. By the end of the century, they were the most important North American ship, used for the coastal trade and for fishing. After 1800 they became popular in Europe and around the world. Clipper ships married the schooner design to that of the old three-masted merchantman
About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and- aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built