sailing boat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sailing boat
First recorded in 1715–25
Example Sentences
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He attended a special school, regularly went sailing and on holiday with his family and was helping his dad renovate a sailing boat.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
I had a Baltic 37, a sloop, that was a beautiful sailing boat, and I’d go out with a couple of friends and enjoy the day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024
A Turkish wooden sailing boat, known as a gulet, left from Izmir in western Turkey on Feb. 22 and arrived near Italy after about four days of navigation.
From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2023
Police seized “drones and electronic devices” when raiding his sailing boat.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
It was a dining room—vast, with a chandelier and moss-covered silver bowls —and in the center, on top of the table built to seat a hundred people, there was a sailing boat.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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