skyscraper

noun3

1. •
   A very tall building with a large number of floors.

   • The fact that land is a commodity of unlimited extent in America, together with the now appreciated fact that most high buildings have been economic failures, spell the doom of the skyscraper concept. — 1872
2. •
   (figurative) Anything very tall or high.

   • It was no surprise to see Hanley bat a skyscraper out to left. — 1920
3. •
   (no longer used) A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail.

   • Skyscraper. A name given to a skysail when it is triangular. — 1880