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boardsailing

American

[bawrd-sey-ling, bohrd‑] / ˈbɔrdˌseɪ lɪŋ, ˈboʊrd‑ /

noun

the sport of sailing a boat that has no cockpit, as in windsurfing.

boardsailing British

/ ˈbɔːdˌseɪlɪŋ /

noun

another name for windsurfing

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Other Word Forms

boardsailor

noun

Etymology

Origin of boardsailing

First recorded in 1980–85

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The craze for boardsailing, for example, has obliged Soviet citizens to build their own, a process that requires the painstaking application of layers of fiber glass over a homemade frame.

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