skipper

The master of a ship.

The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.

It is standard practice for search and rescue authorities to ask other vessels in the area to assist. Usually, this is done. The weather on the night of 31 December was too atrocious, and when at 11pm the Coast Guard asked the crabber Ruff & Reddy to head to the scene, its skipper refused, as a skipper has a right to do if he believes conditions to be too treacherous.

A coach, director, or other leader.

The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.

But even the return of skipper Steven Gerrard from a six-week injury layoff could not inspire Liverpool

To captain a ship or a sports team.

Tourist subs, which could once be skippered by anyone with a U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license

A barn or shed in which to shelter for the night.