clipper-built

American  

[klip-er-bilt] / ˈklɪp ərˌbɪlt /

adjective

Nautical.

1. (of a hull) having fast lines, with a high ratio of length to beam and a fine entrance.

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Etymology

Origin of clipper-built

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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.

From The World of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

That sounds like a slow business; but the Brooks was a clipper-built vessel with three masts and a lot of sails—square sails, fore-and-aft sails, jib sails, and all that sort of thing.

From The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories by Stockton, Frank Richard

While steady in movement and easily manned, she was a slow sailer; very different from the clipper-built, light-running American warships which had distressingly harassed the British during several of their more recent engagements.

From In the Van; or, The Builders by Price-Brown, John

The famous shipyards of Baltimore turned out scores of clean-cut, clipper-built schooners, with long, low hulls and raking masts, which straightway took to the ocean on privateering cruises.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by Jackson, W. C.

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.

From The World of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)