The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Cutter

Sea Terms

A name given to steamers in the revenue service. Also medium-sized boats carried at the davits. A one-masted vessel rigged almost like a sloop, the difference being mainly in the construction of the hulls.

Names of spars, sails, rigging, etc., of a cutter yacht
Names of spars, sails, rigging, etc., of a cutter yacht
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