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sailboat

[ seyl-boht ]

/ ˈseɪlˌboʊt /

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noun

a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.

Origin of sailboat

First recorded in 1790–1800; sail + boat

OTHER WORDS FROM sailboat

sail·boat·er, noun sail·boat·ing, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sailboat

barge boat canoe cruise ship sailboat ship yacht

Words nearby sailboat

sail through, sail under false colors, sail-over, sailboard, sailboarding, sailboat, sailcloth, sailer, sailfish, sailing, sailing boat

Example sentences from the Web for sailboat

That it would sit there and bob calmly like a sailboat on a millpond-calm sea?

Atheist King Richard Dawkins’ Rape Fantasy |Tim Teeman |July 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There is a confessional in the bookstore and the main table was made out of a sailboat by a friend.

National Book Award Winner Louise Erdrich: How I Write |Noah Charney |December 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Across the street from Dockside and the VFW, another 30-foot sailboat was capsized.

Hamptons Residents Reel as Superstorm Sandy Recedes |Emily J. Weitz |October 31, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
As a consequence in less than an hour the tent was down and packed, and the rest of the camping outfit placed aboard the sailboat.

The Rover Boys Down East |Arthur M. Winfield

The boom of the sailboat was well out on the starboard side.

The Rival Campers Afloat |Ruel Perley Smith
This is Beach Cliff, where we have to take a sailboat to Killykinick.

Killykinick |Mary T. Waggaman
Mark saw that something serious was the matter, and he tried to get the man into his sailboat.

The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove |Spencer Davenport
Down it came, and, as the wind no longer had anything to blow on, the sailboat moved more slowly.

The Curlytops at Silver Lake |Howard Roger Garis