sailing ship
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sailing ship
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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But when they went to investigate, they found a 19th Century sailing ship, "loaded to the sides" with champagne, wine, mineral water and porcelain.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024
The idea began when Hay saw an etching of a 19th-century sailing ship in a Fiji museum.
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2024
Among them was a sailing ship named Trinidad that sank in Lake Michigan about 150 years ago.
From DOGO News • Sep. 27, 2023
The Savannah, a sailing ship outfitted with a 90-horsepower steam engine, traveled mainly under sail across the Atlantic, using steam power for 80 hours of the nearly month-long passage to Liverpool, England.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023
Small boats slipped out of their winter moorings, and one day a bustling cheering crowd thronged along High Street to greet the first sailing ship up from New London.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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