tall ship

noun

|Updated on: 27 Jul 2018

Definition of tall ship

: a sailing vessel with at least two masts; especially : square-rigger

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Recent Examples of tall ship from the Web

But the prize of the museum is the Friends Good Will, a tall ship with 2,800 square feet of sail when fully unfurled.

— brian e. clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Tall ship Friends Good Will, lighthouses highlight visit to southwest Michigan," 22 June 2018
In preparation for the festivities, the Mayflower II, a full-scale replica of the tall ship that brought the Pilgrims to the New World, is undergoing extensive repairs in Mystic, Conn.

— thomas oide, BostonGlobe.com, "In Plymouth, upgrades to Pilgrim Memorial State Park inconvenience tourists, businesses," 29 June 2018
Buy Photo Thousands of visitors will descend upon the tall ships this weekend at Penn’s Landing for Sail Philadelphia 2018.

— bethany ao, Philly.com, "Meet the cats living on the tall ships visiting Philly," 25 May 2018
Wearing a Spider-Man hoodie, Christian Panek, 6, admitted before getting on the Californian tall ship that his favorite films were not the Disney swashbucklers, but Harry Potter.

— phillip molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Pirates take over Maritime Museum as part of two-day Pirate Days event," 20 May 2018
Landrieu marked economic accomplishments at an event Wednesday night, and there was an interfaith prayer service earlier in the week and a press gathering to mark the arrival of the Navy and tall ships.

— kevin litten, NOLA.com, "Which officials were invited to New Orleans Tricentennial events?," 21 Apr. 2018
Learn about the village’s role in shipbuilding and as a safe haven for tall ships at Mystic Seaport, the largest maritime museum in the U.S.

— laura kiniry, Smithsonian, "The 20 Best Small Towns To Visit in 2018," 5 June 2018
Steinke was recently named the captain of the A.J. Meerwald, a 90-year-old, two-masted former oyster schooner that is New Jersey’s official tall ship.

— jason nark, Philly.com, "A seasick captain finds a home on New Jersey's tall ship," 19 Apr. 2018
The remainder of Historic Ships’ fleet, which includes the tall ship Constellation and the Lightship Chesapeake, will stay open for tours while the Taney is being repaired.

— sarah meehan, baltimoresun.com, "Historic Ships in Baltimore seeks to raise $152,000 to repair USCGC Taney," 26 May 2018

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