land yacht

American  

noun

1. a wind-driven vehicle with a mast and sails, having three wheels, a single seat, and a steering wheel, used especially on beaches and other sandy areas.

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land yacht British  

noun

1. a three-wheeled recreational vehicle with a sail, used on land and propelled by wind power

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Etymology

Origin of land yacht

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

In the driveway of a lushly landscaped home just off the Malibu coast sits a luxury British automobile, rounded, elegant; a smooth-sailing land yacht.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

Phil Rothrock, 71, or Portland, Ore., arrived with his 24-foot-high by 19-foot-wide land yacht called the Arthur A., named after his late father who brought him into the sport.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2014

Stuart Lawley navigates Bear’s Club Drive in his midnight sapphire Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé, a $464,000, 3-ton, 12-cylinder land yacht so well-engineered that ensconced in its butter-soft leather, one barely senses motion at all.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 21, 2012

He outfitted a three-quarter-ton pickup truck as a sort of land yacht and set off from his home in Sag Harbor, N.Y., with his French poodle, Charley, to drive cross-country.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2011

Only one thing of importance occurred between our Christmas holidays and Eastertide: this was Bill’s invention of the tricycle sailboat or land yacht.

From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)