schooner

noun

Etymology: Attested ca. 1715, of uncertain origin. Said to be derived from dialectal scoon (“to skim over water”). Compare also shunt (“to cause to move (suddenly)”).

1. A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.

   “The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land.”

   “Designed by Frank Payne's renowned Boston design office, and built in 1928 of longleaf yellow pine, this 82-footer has been a racing schooner — a staysail schooner — since the heyday of Class-A ocean racing in schooners during the late 1920s and early 1930s.”

2. A glass for drinking a large measure of sherry.

   “Boycott any pub that bans work clothes, allows customers to reserve tables or only sells beer in schooners. That is less a pub, more a private members’ club.”

3. A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states (Wikipedia).

   “Foaming schooners of beer grew ever larger and more numerous as the crimson February suns went to their rest.”

   “At first I refused, but ten schooners later I was ready to take on Jaws with a butterknife[.]”

4. A large goblet or drinking glass, used for lager or ale (Wikipedia).
5. A covered wagon used by emigrants.