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sailing length

American

noun

a measurement of a yacht, comprising its length on the water line as well as certain measurements taken from the overhangs at bow and stern.

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sailing length

The 'Good Queen Anne' is quite to my mind—time for sailing, length of voyage—all just what I wants.

From A Girl of the People by Meade, L. T.

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