Raceabout
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Raceabout is a noun meaning (nautical) A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
Meaning
(nautical) A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
Word Forms
- raceabouts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include raff, regatta, square-rigger, rumrunner, runabout, rowboat.
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