0 a square sail at the top of a mast (= a tall pole) on a sailing boat, above the skysail (= usually the top sail on a mast):
The moonraker is flown immediately above the skysail on a fully rigged ship.
1 a person who comes from the English county of Wiltshire, especially a smuggler (= a person who secretly and illegally brings goods in and out of a place):
He came from a family of moonrakers.
A moonraker is square; the equivalent triangular sail is called a skyscraper.
My grandparents would tell me the story of the Wiltshire moonrakers.
