outsail

[ out-seyl ]

verb (used with object)

1. to outdo in sailing; sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.

Word History and Origins

Origin of outsail¹

First recorded in 1610–20; out- + sail

Example Sentences

Other privateers were huge three-masters, carrying heavy batteries, and able to outsail any of the enemy's ships.

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I can outsail you and outfight you all—and to hell with you!

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All sails were set upon the "Horn o' Plenty," but it soon became plain that she could never outsail the corsair vessel.

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What yachts, as a tribute to ourselves upon their own element, would we rather outsail than English yachts?

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Mr Steers thinks that a shallow vessel, with a sliding keel, can be built to outsail any vessel even on his improved model.

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