clipper
CEFR: B2
A fast-sailing nineteenth-century merchant ship with multiple masts and a square rig, built to transport tea rapidly from China.
Synonyms
- tea clipper
- square-rigged sailing vessel
Common Collocations
- famous clipper
- clipper ship
- speed of the clipper
Example Sentence
The Cutty Sark is the world's most celebrated surviving nineteenth-century commercial tea clipper.