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America's Cup, n. Sailing.
Brit. |əˌmɛrɪkəz ˈkʌp|, U.S. |əˌmɛrəkəz ˈkəp|
Forms: α. 18 America Cup; β. 18– America's Cup
[In α forms > n.) + cup n. In β forms > n.]
The trophy or title awarded to the winner of an international yacht match which now involves a series of races between teams representing yacht clubs but usually identified by their country of origin, the winner of which meets the defending champion in the deciding race; (also) the race or competition itself.
1869Albion 28 Aug. 510/3 [He] telegraphed to the New York Yacht Club asking whether the Cambria would be allowed to sail the champion schooner..for the America cup. 1881Yachting Rec. May 52 (heading) America v. Canada. (Match for the America's Cup.) 1935P. J. O'Brien Will Rogers xiv. 247 Sir Thomas Lipton, that gallant Irish sportsman,..tried for so many years unsuccessfully to bring the America's cup back to England. 1975B. C. Bradlee Conversat. with Kennedy 117 The Auchincloss summer mansion, where the Kennedys were vacationing to watch the America's Cup races. 2000Business Day (S. Afr.) 28 Jan. 27/1 AmericaOne levelled the score against the Italians yesterday in the final of the Louis Vuitton Cup, the eliminator series of the America's Cup. |