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Schooners

Scope note

Use for 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, use "ketches (fore-and-aft-rigged vessels)" or "yawls (sailing vessels)."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000212871

Broader Terms used

<fore-and-aft-rigged vessels>

Narrower Terms used

topsail schooners
tern schooners

Equivalent Terms used

schooner

Created

13yrs ago

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