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• present participle of yacht.

yachting

American  

[yot-ing] / ˈjɒt ɪŋ /

noun

1. the practice or sport of sailing or voyaging in a yacht.

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yachting British  

/ ˈjɒtɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the sport or practice of navigating a yacht

   2. ( as modifier )

      yachting clothes

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Etymology

Origin of yachting

First recorded in 1830–40; yacht + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Or as Tom Hugh-Jones, a broker for Denison Yachting in Marina del Rey, put it: “The filthy rich got filthier richer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021

He also was a columnist for several magazines, including Sail in the United States and Yachts & Yachting in the UK.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2021

Yachting may call to mind champagne flutes and seersucker, but danger and risk have always been a part of the America’s Cup.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 2016

Several of his pictures of boating were featured on the cover of Yachting magazine.

From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2015

The Shakespeare-Bacon controversy was first touched upon by J. C. Hart in The Romance of Yachting, issued in New York in 1848.

From Comfort Found in Good Old Books by Fitch, George Hamlin

Related Words

• maritime
• navigational
• seafaring