Definition of windjammer in English:
windjammer
nounˈwɪn(d)dʒaməˈwɪndˌdʒæmər
1historical A merchant sailing ship.
Example sentencesExamples
- If the bearing is correct, the wreck of the windjammer should be exactly below us.
- Sarah, of Burnsall, near Skipton, was helping to make a documentary commemorating the lives of sailors who rounded the treacherous Cape Horn waters in windjammers - wooden sailing vessels.
- He witnessed the far reaching changes in his native island: from donkey and horse to vehicles, from windjammers to fast sailing motor boats.
- One of four cruise ships to be hosted by the Port in a six-day period, Sea Cloud II carries 94 passengers and 56 crew members with the windjammer combining modern comforts and elegant sailing traditions.
- There is also only one mooring ball in the entire park located about a mile southwest of Loggerhead Key at the wreck of the Avanti, an 1875 three-masted windjammer that sunk on the reef in 1907.
2US
another term for windcheater
Example sentencesExamples
- My clothes are a pair of brown corduroy trousers, and a pink woolly cardigan with a zip; I call it a windjammer.
Definition of windjammer in US English:
windjammer
nounˈwindˌjamərˈwɪndˌdʒæmər
historical A merchant sailing ship.
Example sentencesExamples
- He witnessed the far reaching changes in his native island: from donkey and horse to vehicles, from windjammers to fast sailing motor boats.
- If the bearing is correct, the wreck of the windjammer should be exactly below us.
- One of four cruise ships to be hosted by the Port in a six-day period, Sea Cloud II carries 94 passengers and 56 crew members with the windjammer combining modern comforts and elegant sailing traditions.
- There is also only one mooring ball in the entire park located about a mile southwest of Loggerhead Key at the wreck of the Avanti, an 1875 three-masted windjammer that sunk on the reef in 1907.
- Sarah, of Burnsall, near Skipton, was helping to make a documentary commemorating the lives of sailors who rounded the treacherous Cape Horn waters in windjammers - wooden sailing vessels.