outsail

American  

[out-seyl] / ˌaʊtˈseɪl /

verb (used with object)

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

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Etymology

Origin of outsail

First recorded in 1610–20; out- + sail

Example Sentences

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

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

"But you still think the Sea Foam can outsail the Skylark?"

From The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder by Optic, Oliver

He admitted that we could outsail him, for he had done his best to keep up with the Sylvania.

From Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi by Optic, Oliver

So completely did the pirate brig outsail the other that the Sea Hawk might be likened to a spider with a fly in his toils.

From Jack Buntline by Kingston, William Henry Giles