Coaster

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coaster \Coast"er\, n.
     1. A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in
        the coasting trade.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who sails near the shore.


        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coaster
       n 1: a resident of a coastal area
       2: someone who coasts
       3: a covering (plate or mat) that protects the surface of a
          table (i.e., from the condensation on a cold glass or
          bottle)

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  coaster n. 1. Unuseable CD produced during failed attempt at writing to
     writeable or re-writeable CD media. Certainly related to the
     coaster-like shape of a CD, and the relative value of these failures. "I
     made a lot of coasters before I got a good CD." 2. Useless CDs received
     in the mail from the likes of AOL, MSN, CI$, Prodigy, ad nauseam.
  
     In the U.K., `beermat' is often used in these senses.