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sailing ship

American  

noun

  1. a large ship equipped with sails.


sailing ship British  

noun

  1. a large sailing vessel

"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 ship

First recorded in 1880–85

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Its first vessel, a sailing ship named the Rembrandt van Rijn, initially operated in Belize and the Galápagos.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

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

Some capture the large picture, like the photograph by Laurent Cipriani of a three-masted sailing ship arriving in Marseille, France, with the Olympic flame from Greece.

From Seattle Times May 14, 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

At the end of the dock was the sailing ship Valerie.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis

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