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land sailing

British  

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

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2014

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

She might see herself as the mother of such a race—sheltered in my hidden land, sailing the seas with me, held close to my heart.

From The Gay Cockade by Bailey, Temple

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