topsail schooner

noun

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.
Compare main-topsail schooner.

Origin of topsail schooner

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby topsail schooner

topping lift, topple, toprail, tops, topsail, topsail schooner, topscore, topside, topsmelt, topsoil, topspin

Example sentences from the Web for topsail schooner

  • He had come back, there was the topsail-schooner that was bringing him home so swiftly now.

    The Bronze Eagle |Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy