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Webster 1913 Edition
Clipper
Clip′per
(klĭp′pẽr)
, Noun.
1.
One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coins.
The value is pared off from it into the
clipper’s
pocket. Locke.
2.
A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.
3.
(Naut.)
A vessel with a sharp bow, built with a fast hull and tall sails, rigged for fast sailing, and used in trade where the cargo capacity was less important than the speed; – called also
– clipper ship
. Clip′per-builtˊ
, Adj.
☞ The name was first borne by “Baltimore clippers” famous as privateers in the early wars of the United States.
Webster 1828 Edition
Clipper
CLIPPER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
clipper
clipper
English
Noun
clipper (plural clippers)
- Anything that clips.
- 2010, James Morrow, The Last Witchfinder
- Surtouts billowing in an unseasonably fierce wind, the ursine Chelmsford magistrate and his equally bulky constable herded their bound prisoners – three murderers, three thieves, a coin clipper, two convicted witches – across the Common […]
- 2010, James Morrow, The Last Witchfinder
- (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
- Something that moves swiftly; especially:
- (nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.
- (informal) An Alberta clipper.
- (electronics) A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
Translations
fast sailing ship
Derived terms
- (Dutch; nautical) klipper, klipperaak m, f
- Alberta clipper
See also
Anagrams
References
French
Etymology
From English, see above
Noun
clipper m (plural clippers)
- (nautical) heavy sailing ship
- (aviation) transatlantic airplane
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition