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sailing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?se?.l??/
- Rhymes: -e?l??
Etymology 1
Verb
sailing
- present participle of sail
Etymology 2
From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail +? -ing.
Adjective
sailing (not comparable)
- Travelling by ship.
Derived terms
- sailing boat
- sailing ship
- sailing dinghy
- sailing vessel
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English sailyng, seyling; equivalent to sail +? -ing.
Noun
sailing (countable and uncountable, plural sailings)
- 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
- (countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.
Derived terms
- clear sailing
- plain sailing
Translations
References
- “sailing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- Gilanis, ailings, aisling, nilgais
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cathole
English
Alternative forms
- cat hole
Etymology
cat +? hole
Noun
cathole (plural catholes)
- A small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc in order to bury faeces.
- (nautical) Either of two circular holes cut in the stern of a sailing man of war on the level of the capstan, used for the passage of stern hawsers.
Further reading
- cathole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- cholate
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