n. Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
n. Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
n. The time of departure from a port
adj. Travelling by ship
v. Present participle of sail.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage.
n. The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of one who or of that which sails.
n. The art or rules of navigation; the art or the act of directing a ship on a given line laid down in a chart; also, the rules by which a ship's tack is determined and represented on a chart, and by which the problems relating to it are solved.
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n. the activity of flying a glider
n. the work of a sailor
n. the departure of a vessel from a port
n. riding in a sailboat
Word Usage
"A British cruiser chased us fruitlessly for two days off Sierra Leone, and enabled me not only to test the sailing qualities, but to get the _sailing trim_ of the "Estrella," in perfection."