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Schooner

A type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts, first used by the Dutch in the 16th or 17th century.

Added: 2014-11-01 Last modified: 2014-11-01

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