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Members of the public will be able to tour the only tall ship currently in the American fleet.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
Harbor Breeze Cruises will remain and the Los Angeles Maritime Institute’s wooden tall ships will dock at West Harbor.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Hailing from San Francisco, Lenora Lee Dance company will perform a slate of dance vignettes on the 1885 tall ship Wavertree, which is permanently moored at Pier 16 at the South Street Seaport Museum.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 23 May 2024
The idea that people won’t come downtown without a major investment and project has already been proven false by the crowds that attended the German Christmas marketplace and filled the promenade recently on a warm Sunday when the only attraction was one tall ship.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2024
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First Known Use
circa 1548, in the meaning defined above
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“Tall ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tall%20ship. Accessed 14 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
tall ship
noun
: a sailing vessel with at least two masts
especially
: square-rigger
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