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Down Easter or Downeaster may refer to:
- Down Easter (ship), or Downeaster, a type of 19th-century sailing ship
- Downeaster, an American passenger train running from Boston, Massachusetts, to Brunswick, Maine
- Down Easter, a passenger train that ran in 1929 from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Someone from Down East, parts of New England and Canada's Atlantic Provinces
- Bay Breeze, or Downeaster, a cocktail drink also known as
The Down Easter or Downeaster was a type of 19th century sailing ship built in Maine, and used largely in the California grain trade. It was a modification of the clipper ship using a similar bow but with better cargo handling. It achieved a balance between speed and tonnage such that it made the wheat trade between California and Great Britain competitive with east coast grain trade via steam ship. It could make the trip between San Francisco and Liverpool in 100 days, despite rounding Cape Horn and crossing the equator twice. A more unusual name for the rig was shipentine.
Usage examples of "down easter".
He was a Down Easter in French disguise -- cantankerous, suspicious, close-mouthed, using his accent as a shield more than as a help in communication.
Or it could be argued that Danzas had been born in exactly the right place, and similarities to a Down Easter were the product of a social coincidence.
The pumps were going, a steady stream of water over both rails, and a set of pathetic jury-rigged sails were up, triangular swatches that looked as if a bunch of small sailboats were sitting on the big Down Easter's decks.
The pumps were going, a steady stream of water over both rails, and a set of pathetic jury-rigged sails were up, triangular swatches that looked as if a bunch of small sailboats were sitting on the big Down Easter’.