sailing ship

noun

1. a large ship equipped with sails.

sailing ship

noun

1. a large sailing vessel

Word History and Origins

Origin of sailing ship¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

One of the strangest D&D campaign settings was Spelljammer, which involved traditional sailing ships that had been empowered with magic so that they could fly through the void of space, and explore different worlds.

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So I’ve been thinking about airships and hot air balloons, this is all kind of a childhood love, And yet it seems to me that sailing ships— another childhood love —are carbon zero.

From Time

Again, Macaulay returning from India in 1837 compares his comfortable sailing-ship to a huge floating hotel.

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Her record has not been beaten by any sailing ship in the fifty-three years that have since elapsed.

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He had been a sailor in his time, and had made two voyages to Melbourne as apprentice in a large sailing-ship.

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She had heard her husband talk of his sailing-ship days and she remembered his worst experiences.

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The funnels, too, being made to shut up like a telescope, a steamer could thus be easily turned into a sailing ship.

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