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raceabout

raceabout noun: a small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.

Noun

raceabout (plural raceabouts)

  1. A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.

Forms of raceabout

pluralraceabouts

Origin of raceabout

From race + about.

Questions about raceabout

What does raceabout mean?
Raceabout means a small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
What part of speech is raceabout?
Raceabout is a noun.
What is the plural of raceabout?
The plural of raceabout is raceabouts.

Words near raceabout in the dictionary

  1. race-norming
  2. race-walk
  3. race-war
  4. race-wars
  5. raceable
  6. raceabout
  7. raceabouts
  8. racebend
  9. racebending
  10. racebends
  11. racebent

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