sailing ship
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sailing ship
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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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
América Sánchez, 20, and 23-year-old Adal Jair Maldonado Marcos were among the 277 crew members on board the Mexican Navy's sailing ship when its three masts snapped as they hit the bridge.
From BBC ● May 19, 2025
Safely in the lantern, the flame will depart for France on Saturday on a 19th century sailing ship across the Mediterranean Sea, to make landfall 12 days later in the southern port city of Marseille.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 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
Navy submarine, several dugout canoes, and an old- fashioned three-masted sailing ship.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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