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
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
He imagines two observers in a field pacing out the distance between them, then leveling their eyes on a far-off landmark: a sailing ship or a smokestack.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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