raceabout
English
noun
Definitions
- (nautical) A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.
Etymology
Compound from English race (fruits, having a characteristic taste, etc) + English about.
Origin
English
about
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- about English
- about-face English
- aboutness English
- abouts English
- ballrace English
- cast about English
- eastabout English
- enrace English
- ethnorace English
- fleet race English
- footrace English
- gainrace English
- haulabout English
- headrace English
- hereabout English
- interrace English
- kickabout English
- knockabout English
- landrace English
- layabout English
- match race English
- midrace English
- minirace English
- multirace English
- nearabout English
- nearabouts English
- nonrace English
- outrace English
- overrace English
- postrace English
- prerace English
- proto-race English
- race English
- race-bending English
- race-blind English
- race-fellow English
- race-goer English
- raceable English
- racebend English
- racebending English
- racebike English
- racebook English
- racecar English
- racecard English
- racecourse English
- racecraft English
- racegoer English
- racegoing English
- racehorse English
- raceless English
- racelike English
- racemaking English
- racepath English
- raceplay English
- racer English
- racerunner English
- racest English
- raceth English
- racetrack English
- racewalk English
- racewalker English
- racewalking English
- raceway English
- racewear English
- racial English
- raciation English
- raciology English
- racy English
- rat race English
- roundabout English
- runabout English
- stage race English
- stirabout English
- subrace English
- superrace English
- tailrace English
- tearabout English
- thenabout English
- thereabout English
- torace English
- tourabout English
- transrace English
- turnabout English
- ultrarace English
- ur-race English
- westabout English
- whenabout English
- whereabout English
- whirlabout English
- race Dutch, Flemish
- アバウト Japanese
- be Old English
- būtan Old English
- on Old English
- ūtan Old English
- aboute Middle English
- race Middle English
- ras Welsh
- resi Swahili
- nabaut Tok Pisin
- racy
- race
- racer
- about
- racest
- enrace
- torace
- abouts
- racial
- raceth
- midrace
- nonrace
- ur-race
- prerace
- subrace
- outrace
- raceway
- racecar
- ballrace
- racepath
- racewear
- runabout
- racecard
- minirace
- raceless
- layabout
- racewalk
- racelike
- postrace
- overrace
- landrace
- raceable
- footrace
- racegoer
- gainrace
- tailrace
- racebook
- raceplay
- headrace
- racebend
- racebike
- rat race
- tourabout
- tearabout
- raciation
- whenabout
- aboutness
- transrace
- race-goer
- eastabout
- racetrack
- stirabout
- westabout
- haulabout
- kickabout
- racehorse
- ultrarace
- racegoing
- raciology
- nearabout
- thenabout
- racecraft
- ethnorace
- interrace
- hereabout
- superrace
- turnabout
- multirace
- whirlabout
- thereabout
- racerunner
- match race
- about-face
- race-blind
- racewalker
- roundabout
- racecourse
- fleet race
- proto-race
- whereabout
- cast about
- knockabout
- stage race
- nearabouts
- racemaking
- racebending
- race-fellow
- racewalking
- race-bending