Clipper

n. any of a number of cutting implements (nail-cutter, electric hair shaver, etc.); fast sailing ship; fast horse

A clipper was a very fast multiple-masted sailing ship of the 19th century. Generally narrow for their length, limited in their bulk freight carrying capacities, and small by later 19th century standards, the clippers had a large relative sail area. "Clipper ships" were mostly products of British and American shipyards, though France, the Netherlands (the Dutch-built Telanak, built in 1859 for the tea and passenger trade to Java) and other nations also produced a number of them. Clippers sailed all over the world, primarily on the trade routes between the United Kingdom and her colonies in the east, in the trans-Atlantic trade, and in the New York-to-San Francisco route round Cape Horn during the California Gold Rush.
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Noun
1. (electronics) an nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"
(synonym) limiter
(hypernym) circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
(classification) electronics
2. a fast sailing ship used in former times
(synonym) clipper ship
(hypernym) sailing vessel, sailing ship
3. shears for cutting grass or shrubbery
(synonym) clippers
(hypernym) shear, shears
(derivation) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
4. scissors for cutting hair or finger nails
(synonym) clippers
(hypernym) scissors, pair of scissors
(derivation) nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off

v. clipper, fast sailing ship

n. clipper, fast sailing ship