outsail
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of outsail
Example Sentences
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If the winds pick up as they are predicted to do, many old salts think that Conner, considered the best 12-meter skipper in the world, can outsail the "Plastic Fantastic."
From Time Magazine Archive
Arthur D. Story; designed to outsail any fishing boat afloat, the Gertrude L. Thebaud will go to the Grand Banks for a summer of fishing to season her for the fish-schooner races in the fall.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two of the galleys got into a place of safety, where they were protected from the shore; the other two trusted to outsail their pursuers.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
Other privateers were huge three-masters, carrying heavy batteries, and able to outsail any of the enemy's ships.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by Jackson, W. C.
He could not play with her now, for he had his prizes to look after, and while he could outsail her, the prizes could not.
From Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
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