sailing ship

/ˌseɪlɪŋ ˈʃɪp/

/ˈseɪlɪŋ ʃɪp/

Other forms: sailing ships

Definitions of sailing ship

1. noun

   a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts
   synonyms: sailing vessel

   types:

   bark, barque

   a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

   brig

   two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts

   brigantine, hermaphrodite brig

   two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast

   clipper, clipper ship

   a fast sailing ship used in former times

   cutter

   a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop

   dhow

   a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used in the Indian Ocean

   felucca

   a fast narrow sailing ship of the Mediterranean

   fore-and-after

   sailing vessel with a fore-and-aft rig

   galleon

   a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries

   Indiaman

   a large sailing ship that was engaged in the British trade with India

   ketch

   a sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost

   rigger

   a sailing vessel with a specified rig

   sailboat, sailing boat

   a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast

   schooner

   sailing vessel used in former times

   sloop

   a sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow

   smack

   a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast

   square-rigger

   a square-rigged sailing ship

   windjammer

   a large sailing ship

   dandy, yawl

   a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost

   carack, carrack

   a large galleon sailed in the Mediterranean as a merchantman

   catamaran

   a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck

   catboat

   a sailboat with a single mast set far forward

   knockabout

   a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit

   raceabout

   a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail

   sharpie

   a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States

   sharpshooter

   a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters

   trimaran

   a fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls

   type of:

   vessel, watercraft

   a craft designed for water transportation