Moonrakers

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.nounSomeone from Wiltshire. (After a story in which some Wiltshire peasants, seeing the reflection of the moon in a shallow pool, tried to rake it out.)

2.nounA small, light sail located high on a mast (above the skysail) and used for speed.

Synonyms

moonsail sails moonraker history of wiltshire wiltshire west country west sussex dorset hertfordshire devon berkshire oxfordshire

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