Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

sailing length

American  

noun

  1. 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.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From Project Gutenberg

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.