Yacht

Zell's Condensed Dictionary · 1879 · p. 49

(yot.) [Ger. jac ht.] (Naut.) A one-decked sailing-ve el, worked by sail or steam. and fitted up as a private pleasure-boat for cruising excursions. They are of various cla es, sizes, and rigs, the more usual | kinds being yawls, cutters, and schooners. [s. 972]