schooner
noun/ˈskuːnər/
Frequency rank: #12,698 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a sailing vessel with two or more masts, with the forward mast shorter than the main mast.
Example sentence
The old captain sailed his schooner across the Atlantic Ocean.
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