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

When I am with you we shall cut the boat adrift and let the vessel outsail us.

From In the Days of Drake by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)

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

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