Raceabout

2 definitions found

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

  Raceabout \Race"a*bout`\ (r[=a]s"[.a]*bout`), n. (Naut.)
     A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred
     square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by
     having a short bowsprit.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  raceabout
       n : a small sloop having the keep of a knockabout but with finer
           lines and carrying more sail