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clipper-built
[ klip-er-bilt ]
adjective
, Nautical.
- (of a hull) having fast lines, with a high ratio of length to beam and a fine entrance.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of clipper-built1
First recorded in 1825–35
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Example Sentences
The vessel in which he found himself was not by any means what we should style clipper-built—quite the reverse.
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"Looks mighty fine in them clipper-built city clothes, Red does," he reflected.
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She was a clipper-built schooner, carrying fourteen guns, and a crew of one hundred and twenty men.
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The schooner was one of the clipper-built craft, for which Baltimore ship-builders were famous the world over.
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Would God that I were left alone to—but—nay, do not be alarmed; perhaps I am wrong; it may be a—a clipper-built trading vessel.
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