Meaning of Cape Horner | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A ship that sails around Cape Horn
2. A sailor who has sailed around Cape Horn.
3. A gale with icy rain occurring south of Cape Horn.

Examples

“No merchant vessel looks better than an Indiaman, or a Cape Horn-er, after a long voyage; and many captains and mates will stake their reputation for seamanship upon the appearance of their ship when she hauls into the dock.”

“Yet such fellows are by no means uncommon at sea, for one often happens upon a man in a Cape Horner's forecastle whom Nature did not intend⟳ should be there.”

“The Morning Light⟳ (I) was built as a Cape Horner, in which service she made five voyages and performed creditably considering her sailing chances.”

“I had gone and seen the Norwegian Consul, a man in his sixties, tall and square, who had been a Cape Horner in the days of the sailing ships.”

“I received a message from Sir Chay Blyth congratulating me on becoming a solo Cape Horner and reminding me how few people could claim⟳ such a feat in a westabout direction.”

“I bought a gold earring for Barrabas, her badge as a Cape Horner, as a tribute and a thank⟳ you.”

“Hour after hour this went on, the gale sweeping through the masts of the ship with the ring⟳ and fury, and with something of the icy edge too, of what used to be called a "Cape Horner;" the steamer plunging and rolling furiously upon the boiling summits, and in the midnight hollows of a genuinely angry and conflicting Channel sea; the engines sometimes slowly moving, sometimes coming to a dead stand⟳;”

“It was for a north-west gale, veering to south-west (i.e. a normal Cape Horner, which was bound to last⟳ for at least three days).”

“In the teeth of a full gale, a real Cape Horner, he struggled to lower all sail⟳ whilst facing the biggest seas he had ever experienced.”

“We reduced the sail⟳ to a close-reefed main-topsail, sent down top gallant yards, and prepared for a regular “Cape Horner.””

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