TTWa large sailingship of the type that was used for trade in the 19th century 〔19世纪贸易用的〕大帆船
Examples from the Corpus
windjammer• As a boy I had read a lot of sea stories and indulged in fancies of rounding the Horn in a windjammer.• He had sailed before the mast in a windjammer, and then become a stoker.• Next day we passed Beachy Head and the Isle of Wight and in the evening saw a windjammer.• Lincoln imps, windjammer bells, lighthouses, anchorthermometers, knights in armour, wishing wells, everything.
Originwindjammer
(1800-1900) Because the large sails “jam” or block the wind