sailing
/ˈseɪ.lɪŋ/ noun A2- Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise.
- Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel.
- The time of departure from a port.
- A scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.
Plural sailings
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“The same orders for her as for the two sailing vessels.”
Some boatmen sailing by saw her, and taking a successful aim, mortally wounded her.
TWO MEN, deadly enemies to each other, were sailing in the same vessel.
Morrel,” said he, “we were somewhere between Cape Blanc and Cape Boyador, sailing with a fair breeze, south-south-west after a week’s calm, when Captain Gaumard comes up to me—I was at the helm I should tell you—and says, ‘Penelon, what do you think of those clouds coming up over there?’ I was just then looking at them myself.
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