schooner
noun /ˈskuːnə(r)/
/ˈskuːnər/
- a sailing ship with two or more masts (= posts that support the sails)Topics Transport by waterc2
- (North American English, Australian English, New Zealand English) a tall glass for beer
Word Originearly 18th cent.: perhaps from dialect scun ‘skim along’, influenced by Dutch words beginning with sch-.