Cutter

(kut'tr.) [From cut.] (Naut.) Aboat attached | to a ve el of war, which is rowed with 6 oars, and is employed in carrying pa engers, light stores, .Also, a one-masted ve el, with a straight running bowFig. 238.- CUTTER. sprit, which may be drawn upon deck (Fig. 238). The distinction between a C. and any other one-masted ve el is, that in the cutter the jib has no stay to support it. [s. 256] IMG:p0285_0.jpg:Gravür IMG:p0285_1.jpg:Gravür