Yacht

Definition of yacht:

part of speech: verb

To sail or cruise about in a yacht.

part of speech: noun

A light vessel for pleasure- trips, racing, & c.

part of speech: noun

A light and quick sailing or steam vessel, larger than a rowboat or motor boat, used for pleasure or racing.

part of speech: noun

A light swift- sailing vessel, elegantly fitted up for pleasure- trips or racing.

Usage examples for yacht:

• If he went anywhere, I think he'd go straight to the yacht "The Stolen Singer", Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger.

• The deck of the steam- yacht was not very far above the water, and if a boat full of desperate men could get alongside of the ship, it would not be a very difficult matter for them to mount the side. "Within The Enemy's Lines SERIES: The Blue and the Gray--Afloat", Oliver Optic.

• In the summer a pretty white yacht made a great " divartisement," as the Squire was fond of saying; and in all things Kathleen O'Hara was free as the air she breathed. "The Rebel of the School", Mrs. L. T. Meade.

• " She looked as if she had once been a pleasure yacht said Harry. "A Voyage with Captain Dynamite", Charles Edward Rich.