单词 | sonder |
释义 | sonderadj.n. U.S. Now historical and rare. A. adj. Of or relating to a class of small racing yachts. Also: designating this class of yacht. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > pleasure vessel > [adjective] > relating to or characteristic of yacht > types of knockabout1894 one-design1897 sonder1905 1905 Boston Post 27 Nov. 4/6 The Kaiserlicher Yacht Club has intimated that it will challenge with a boat of its ‘sonder,’ or special class, of about 22 feet rating. 1909 N.Y. Evening Post 9 Sept. 3/3 The Sonder yachtsmen, both victors and vanquished, were received by President Taft today. 1917 Rudder Apr. 328/1 Fred M. Hoyt is to have a Marconi rig put upon his sonder boat Skeezix. 1951 Motorboating Aug. 19/1 Boardman's Sonder Class boats..were, by any yardstick, light displacement boats. B. n. A class of small racing yacht; a yacht of this class. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > pleasure vessel > [noun] > yacht > types of yacht steam-yacht1812 skimmer1844 schooner-yacht1876 cruiser1879 keel1883 skimming-dish1884 cutter-yacht1885 bulb-keel1893 keel-boat1893 forty1894 half-rater1894 forty-tonner1895 one-designer1897 raceabout1897 forty-footer1902 sonder1907 star1911 tonnage-cheater1912 scow1929 tabloid1930 Yngling1969 maxi yacht1974 1907 Sunday Post (Boston) 9 June 17/1 The active racing classes, the Q's and the sonders, were out in force. 1915 Boston Daily Globe 26 Aug. 5/6 When the four sonders were started there was a light west-northwest breeze. 1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 695/2 Sonder, a class of small yacht originated in Germany, in which the sum of the waterline length, extreme beam, and extreme draft must not be greater than 32 ft. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1905 |
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