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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

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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

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

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

One of these icebergs was encountered in 1839, in mid-ocean, in the antarctic regions, many hundred miles from any known land, sailing northward, with a large erratic block firmly frozen into it.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir