raceabout

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noun
Definitions
  • (nautical) A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.

Etymology

Compound from English race (fruits, having a characteristic taste, etc) + English about.

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English

about

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