In nautical language, what is a clipper?
Correct answer: A very fast sailing ship of the mid-1800's
Shellback
dinoccio, they were called "clippers " because they " clipped " through the waves rather than plow through them.
Dianna Bella74
oh wow now I get where they got the name for the local hotel's bar, The Clipper Bar. Makes sense it's right on the water beautiful bay indeed
dinoccio
...and they were called clippers because?...they clipped the times off what a normal vessel would have accomplished the same voyage in.
humbeldywump
"a schooner is a sailboat"
tia
In the 1960s before tea bags were a common item, people kept loose tea in tins, often with a picture of a tea clipper on the front
cashmere
it can also mean a fast moving storm, ex. Alberta clipper.
Becca Sue
or the Columbus Clippers,
BurnedCardinal17218
good for me!!
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