yacht
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
yacht /jɒt/
▶noun a medium-sized sailing boat equipped for cruising or racing.
■ a powered boat equipped for cruising.
▶verb race or cruise in a yacht.– derivatives
yachting noun.
yachting noun.
– origin C16: from early mod. Du. jaghte, from jaghtschip ‘fast pirate ship’, from jag(h)t ‘hunting’ + schip ‘ship’.
'yacht' also found in these Oxford entries:
burgee
- catamaran
- coachroof
- coaming
- cockpit
- commodore
- cruiser
- cutter
- doghouse
- flag officer
- keelboat
- knockabout
- land yacht
- luff
- maxi
- motor yacht
- MY
- pulpit
- pushpit
- rear commodore
- regatta
- sand yacht
- spinnaker
- spreader
- sun deck
- SY
- trimaran
- white ensign
