raceabout
raceabout · raceabouts
A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail,…A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
Meaning
1 sensesA small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer lines and carrying more sail
Origin
From race + about.From race + about.
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