raceabout
/ˈreɪsəbaʊt/US. Now chiefly historical
noun
A sloop-rigged racing yacht similar to a knockabout, but typically having a smaller keel and larger sail yards.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Forest and Stream: a weekly journal of the rod and gun. From race + about, after knock-about.
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