Category details
Categoryschooners
Alternative termsschooner
SourceArt & Architecture Thesaurus
Overview
Refers to fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessels with two or more masts, especially those with only two masts in which the aftermast is taller than the foremast; for two-masted sailing vessels in which the aftermast is the shorter one, see "ketches (fore-and-aft-rigged vessels)" or "yawls (sailing vessels)."