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WINDJAMMER
windjammer
(noun) a large sailing ship
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
windjammer (plural windjammers)
(US, slang, dated) One who plays a wind instrument, especially a bugler in the army.
(nautical) A sailing ship; especially a large, iron-hulled, square-rigged ship with three or more masts.
(nautical) A member of the crew of a ship of this kind.
(US, slang) A windbag, a loquacious person.
A weatherproof jacket (windcheater).
Source: Wiktionary
Wind"jam`mer, n.
1. (Naut.) A sailing vessel or one of its crew; -- orig. so called contemptuously by sailors on steam vessels. [Colloq.]
2. An army bugler or trumpeter; any performer on a wind instrument. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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