sailoring

American  

[say-ler-ing] / ˈseɪ lər ɪŋ /

noun

1. the occupation or duties of a sailor.

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Etymology

Origin of sailoring

First recorded in 1860–65; sailor + -ing ¹

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Example Sentences

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sailoring

"Ben" Tillett, originally a bricklayer, progressed through shoemaking and sailoring to become General Secretary of the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union, from its inception in 1887 until 1922.

From Time Magazine Archive

There ain’t nothing to sailoring, when you come to look it in the face.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson

Yachting is one thing and sailoring is another.

From Cappy Ricks Retires by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

But as for Life, we'll bear in sight The lesson Nature teaches; Regard it in a sailoring light, And treat it like thirsty leeches.

From Poems — Volume 3 by George Meredith

I learnt my sailoring in an untidy school," he said—"tramp steamers, coasting schooners, collier brigs, and timber barques; and those aren't the sort of craft that rub neatness into a man.

From The Recipe for Diamonds by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne

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