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sailing boat

American  

noun

British.
  1. sailboat.


sailing boat British  
/ ˈseɪlˌbəʊt /

noun

  1. a boat propelled chiefly by sail

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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