plane sailing
sailing on a course plotted without reference to the curvature of the earth.
Origin of plane sailing
1- Compare plain sailing, spherical sailing.
Words Nearby plane sailing
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How to use plane sailing in a sentence
Plane-sailing is so simple that it is colloquially used to express anything so easy that it is impossible to make a mistake.
The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry SmythIt was in great use among the French navigators, from its solving the problems of plane sailing.
The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry SmythAll is not plane sailing yet for the German in search of foreign markets.
British Dictionary definitions for plane sailing
nautical navigation without reference to the earth's curvature: Compare plain sailing
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