outsail
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of outsail
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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 J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
The first is a liner of 1708 tons, built for running, and, with a fair wind, it will outsail any man-of-war afloat.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852 by William Chambers
He could not outsail her; and, if he accomplished any thing more, he must get out of her way before she could pick up her boats, and get under way again.
From All Adrift or The Goldwing Club by Oliver Optic
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