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raceabout

noun

Etymology

From race + about.

  1. inherited from about
  2. inherited from abūtan
  3. inherited from aboute
  4. compounded as raceabout — “race + about”

Definitions

  1. A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail,…

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA