Cape Horner noun3 •A ship that sails around Cape HornYet such fellows are by no means uncommon at sea, for one often happens upon a man in a Cape Horner's forecastle whom Nature did not intend should be there. — 1899 •A sailor who has sailed around Cape Horn.I had gone and seen the Norwegian Consul, a man in his sixties, tall and square, who had been a Cape Horner in the days of the sailing ships. — 2003 •A gale with icy rain occurring south of Cape Horn.It was for a north-west gale, veering to south-west (i.e. a normal Cape Horner, which was bound to last for at least three days). — 2016 formsCape Horners