sailoring

American  

[sey-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

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

But you mustn't think of resigning, as you call it, just as you are beginning to get the hang of sailoring.

From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Kirk Munroe

The merest shadow of the power to reason—if such a shadow had been left—might have convinced him that that was not soldiering; that, as far as it went, it was not even sailoring!

From Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Not for long; it made his head ache too much, and he changed from soldiering to sailoring.

From The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap by Stanley L. Wood

In connection with this, I may state, that of all the practical lessons I learnt in sailoring on board the Saint Vincent, the going aloft for sail-drill used to please me best.

From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by John B. Greene