outsail
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of outsail
Example Sentences
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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
About went the two eager privateers, and there seemed to be no reason to doubt their ability to outsail and outfight their victim.
From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.
“I have tried to outsail him, but it’s no use,” returned the captain.
From Frontier Boys in the South Seas by Roosevelt, Wyn
They were like enough to carry the ebb-tide with them to the capes or even to outsail it.
From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
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