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

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

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

She's a schooner, rather larger than that yacht, and she'll outsail anything of her inches that ever floated.

From Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World by Optic, Oliver

They can outsail us and keep ahead of us; and they’ll undersell and overbuy us wherever we go.

From Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys by Duncan, Norman