moonraker

moonraker
noun /ˈmuːn.ɹeɪ.kə/lang=en/ˈmuːn.ɹeɪ.kɚ/lang=en
a) Someone from Wiltshire. (After a story in which some Wiltshire peasants, seeing the reflection of the moon in a pool, tried to rake it out.)
b) A small, light sail located high on a mast (above the skysail) and used for speed.

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