spanker 的 2 个定义
- Nautical. a fore-and-aft sail on the aftermost lower mast of a sailing vessel having three or more masts.a designation given to the mast abaft a mizzenmast, usually the aftermost mast in any vessel.
- Informal. a smartly moving person or animal, especially a fast horse.
- Chiefly New England. something remarkably fine.
Nautical.
- of or relating to a spanker mast or its rigging.
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- As "Dolly" Spanker, my husband, he was inimitable, and brought down the house two or three times during the evening.
- To become the owner of this old friend again and of his new companions, Spanker and Pony, was a work of necessity.
- Spanker, spang′kėr, n. the after-sail of a ship or barque, so called from its flapping in the breeze.
- Spanker received his congratulations with a loud laugh, and a hearty shake of the hand.
- Spanker, in riding home full gallop the preceding day, had been thrown from her horse by an old woman.