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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

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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 private vessel had spotted the sailing boat off the small island of Falconera, officials said.

From Seattle Times Aug. 8, 2023

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

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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