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land sailing

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noun

  1. the sport or activity of driving wheeled sail-powered vehicles across land, esp beaches or dry lakes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In addition to the challenge of building and racing, land sailing has an element of danger.

From Washington Times Jul. 18, 2014

The thrill of land sailing can be especially intoxicating for desert racers.

From Washington Times Jul. 18, 2014

Rothrock got his start land sailing in 1980 on the Ivanpah dry lake in Southern California, just southwest of Las Vegas.

From Washington Times Jul. 18, 2014

In and out they went in apparent safety, every one enjoying the close land sailing, and the glimpses of varied woodlands these little islands exhibited.

From The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest Or, the Wig Wag Rescue by Garis, Lilian

Who envies not the Red-skin's soul, Sailing into the cloud land, sailing into the sun, Into the crimson portals ajar when life is done?

From Flint and Feather by Johnson, E. Pauline

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