fore-and-aft rigged vessel, originally with only two masts, 1716, perhaps from a New England verb related to Scottish scon "to send over water, to skip stones." Skeat relates this dialectal verb to shunt. Spelling probably influenced by Dutch, but Dutch schoener is a loan-word from English, as are German Schoner, French schooner, Swedish skonert. Said to have originated in Gloucester, Mass., shipyard.
The rig characteristic of a schooner has been defined as consisting essentially of two gaff sails, the after sail not being smaller than the fore, and a head sail set on a bowsprit. [OED]
Meaning "tall beer glass" is from 1879, of unknown origin or connection.
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1. The schooner was driven ashore.
那条帆船被冲上了岸.
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2. The current was bearing coracle and schooner southward at an equal rate.
急流正以同样的速度将小筏子和西斯潘尼奥拉号一起冲向南方.
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3. The current was coracle and schooner southward at an equal rate.
潮流以同样的速度带着大船和小艇向南滑行.
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4. He drank a schooner of beer and became drunken.
他喝了一大酒杯啤酒后醉倒了.
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5. The high wind has made the schooner break sheer.
