Synonyms for yacht
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : yot |
| Phonetic Transcription : yÉ’t |
Définition of yacht
Origin :- 1550s, yeaghe "a light, fast-sailing ship," probably from Norwegian jaght, from Middle Low German jacht, shortened form of jachtschip "fast pirate ship," literally "ship for chasing," from jacht "chase," from jagen "to chase, hunt," from Old High German jagon, from Proto-Germanic *jagojanan.
- noun pleasure boat
- I came through last June, you know, after I left your yacht at Newport.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- She saw me in the yacht, only once; she knew me; she was afraid.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- I engaged a retired army colonel for a conductor on board my yacht.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- He had sent his car away when he arrived, as it was but a step to the Yacht Club where he slept.
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
- So the next thing was, he spoke to Tris and hired him to sail his yacht.
- Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- After a short conversation, the yacht dropped her anchor at Torquay.
- Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
- That is the owner of the vessel, and a member of the Yacht Club.
- Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
- The yacht, as we before observed, was bound to Cowes, in the Isle of Wight.
- Extract from : « The Pirate and The Three Cutters » by Frederick Marryat
- The submerged portion of a yacht is, as in all other boats, termed the hull.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- More like a yacht than a deep-water bark, she is enough sight.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
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