half-rater

There were, too, moonlight sails in Peggy's little half-rater, which she handled with a master hand.

Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home

She had a little money when she started to school, and with that and what she was able to earn at the school and by teaching during vacations she managed to work her way as -- what was termed rather contemptuously in those days -- a 'half-rater.'

Booker T. Washington Builder of A Civilization Emmett Jay 1916

She had a little money when she started to school, and with that and what she was able to earn at the school and by teaching during vacations she managed to work her way as -- what was termed rather contemptuously in those days -- a 'half-rater.'

Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization Lyman Beecher Stowe 1915

I've sailed a half-rater, and I don't mind getting wet, not a bit. "

Torchy, Private Sec. Sewell Ford 1907