sailing ship


noun
  1. a large ship equipped with sails.

Origin of sailing ship

1
First recorded in 1880–85

Words Nearby sailing ship

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How to use sailing ship in a sentence

  • 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.

British Dictionary definitions for sailing ship

sailing ship

noun
  1. a large sailing vessel

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