sailing
[ sey-ling ]
/ ˈseɪ lɪŋ /
noun
the activity of a person or thing that sails.
the departure of a ship from port: The cruise line offers sailings every other day.
Navigation.
any of various methods for determining courses and distances by means of charts or with reference to longitudes and latitudes, rhumb lines, great circles, etc.
OTHER WORDS FROM sailing
well-sail·ing, adjectiveWords nearby sailing
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sailmaker's palm
Definition for sailing (2 of 2)
Origin of sail
before 900; (noun) Middle English
sail(e),
seille, Old English
segl; cognate with German
Segel, Old Norse
segl; (v.) Middle English
seillen, saylen, Old English
siglan, seglian; cognate with Dutch
zeilen, Old Norse
sigla
OTHER WORDS FROM sail
sail·a·ble, adjective sail·less, adjective un·sail·a·ble, adjective un·sailed, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for sailing
British Dictionary definitions for sailing (1 of 2)
sailing
/ (ˈseɪlɪŋ) /
noun
the practice, art, or technique of sailing a vessel
a method of navigating a vessel
rhumb-line sailing
an instance of a vessel's leaving a port
scheduled for a midnight sailing
British Dictionary definitions for sailing (2 of 2)
sail
/ (seɪl) /
noun
verb (mainly intr)
Derived forms of sail
sailable, adjective sailless, adjectiveWord Origin for sail
Old English
segl; related to Old Frisian
seil, Old Norse
segl, German
Segel
Idioms and Phrases with sailing
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