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

I’ll wager our lads can out-maneuver and outsail any schooner of her tonnage on the seas, Gloucestermen included.

From The Harbor of Doubt by Gage, George W.

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)

On the 20th of November he was deserted by Martin Pinzon, whose ship could always outsail the others.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by Fiske, John