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.

Origin of sailing

before 900; Middle English seiling, Old English seglung. See sail, -ing1

OTHER WORDS FROM sailing

well-sail·ing, adjective

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, adjective

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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, adjective

Word 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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