The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SCHOONER
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More clues leading to the result SCHOONER
- Big glass boat
- Check on board earlier vessel
- Check when boarding earlier vessel
- Rather arresting church glass
- Glass is more readily filled by Chaplain
- Small child’s train? Half of it has defaced LNER glass
- Glass sailing ship
- Ship, rather infested with cockroach, cleaned out
- Large glass before taking leads from Corbyn hardliners?
- Chaplain boarding earlier ship
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What does SCHOONER mean?
SCHOONER noun- A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.
- A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states (Wikipedia).
- A large goblet or drinking glass, used for lager or ale (Wikipedia).
- A covered wagon used by emigrants.