ghostern.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊstə/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊstər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ghost v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < ghost v. (compare ghost v. 3b) + -er suffix¹.

Nautical.

1. Chiefly U.S. A sailing vessel which is able to make relatively good progress even when there is very little wind. Cf. ghost v. 3b. Now rare.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > other sailing vessels

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1886 Forest & Stream 2 Sept. 114/2 Following the wake of the redoubtable ‘ghoster’ Puritan.

1920 Boston Daily Globe 1 July 9/2 The Resolute, the American defender, is a ghoster too, but the challenger has more sail than the Resolute.

1964 Daily Tel. 31 July 12/6 It was the first time the yachts had encountered light airs and the outcome indicated that Constellation was a slightly better ghoster than Eagle.

2. A large and extremely light sail used when there is very little wind.

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1953 B. Erroll Deep Sea Sailing iv. 50 Every sail, except perhaps a very light weight ghoster, soon picks up enough spray to leave particles of salt spread over much of the canvas.

1979 N. James Alone around World 182 The wind was very light and dead astern, so I put up the ghoster and slowly drifted with the tide past the Lizard and into Falmouth Bay.

2009 Canberra (Austral.) Times (Nexis) 29 Dec. a16 The ghoster can give us one or two knots when there is no breeze at all.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ghoster
释义	ghostern. Brit. /ˈɡəʊstə/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊstər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ghost v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < ghost v. (compare ghost v. 3b) + -er suffix¹. Nautical. 1. Chiefly U.S. A sailing vessel which is able to make relatively good progress even when there is very little wind. Cf. ghost v. 3b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > other sailing vessels balinger1391 caliphe1393 buss1471 mahonnet1524 flute1567 mahone1572 shallopa1578 prahu1582 caïque1666 bullenger1670 hogboat1784 mistico1792 water-manikin1796 mistic1828 sailing-packet1842 sharpie1860 tjalk1861 botter1880 scow schooner1885 scow sloop1885 ghoster1886 sailing-trawler1891 sharp1891 skiff1891 palari1936 gulet1986 1886 Forest & Stream 2 Sept. 114/2 Following the wake of the redoubtable ‘ghoster’ Puritan. 1920 Boston Daily Globe 1 July 9/2 The Resolute, the American defender, is a ghoster too, but the challenger has more sail than the Resolute. 1964 Daily Tel. 31 July 12/6 It was the first time the yachts had encountered light airs and the outcome indicated that Constellation was a slightly better ghoster than Eagle. 2. A large and extremely light sail used when there is very little wind. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > person fantastical1589 fantastic1598 earwig brain1599 extravagant1627 fanatic1644 energumen1660 original1675 toy-pate1702 gig1777 quiz1780 quoz?1780 rum touch1800 crotcheteer1815 pistol1828 eccentric1832 case1833 originalist1835 cure1856 crotchet-monger1874 curiosity1874 crank1881 crackpot1883 faddist1883 schwärmer1884 hard case1892 finger1899 mad hatter1905 nut1908 numéro1924 screwball1933 wack1938 fruitcake1942 odd bod1942 oddball1943 ghoster1953 raver1959 kook1960 flake1968 woo-woo1972 zonky1972 wacko1977 headbanger1981 1953 B. Erroll Deep Sea Sailing iv. 50 Every sail, except perhaps a very light weight ghoster, soon picks up enough spray to leave particles of salt spread over much of the canvas. 1979 N. James Alone around World 182 The wind was very light and dead astern, so I put up the ghoster and slowly drifted with the tide past the Lizard and into Falmouth Bay. 2009 Canberra (Austral.) Times (Nexis) 29 Dec. a16 The ghoster can give us one or two knots when there is no breeze at all. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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