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• sailing — /say ling/, n. 1. the activity of a person or thing that sails. 2. the departure of a ship from port: The cruise line offers sailings every other day. 3. Navig. any of various methods for determining courses and distances by means of charts or… …   Universalium

• Sailing in Anguilla — has a long and deep history, and is one of the defining characteristics of the island. The history of Anguillian sailing is often indistinguishable from the history of the island itself. Sailing craft date back to the Taino and Arawak peoples who …   Wikipedia

• Sailing Alone Around the World — (1899) is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum about his single handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray . Slocum was the first person to sail around the world alone, the book was an immediate success and highly influential in inspiring …   Wikipedia

• sailing ship — sailing ,ship noun count a large ship that uses sails to move across water …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Sailing hydrofoil — A sailing hydrofoil or hydrosail is a sailboat with wing like foils mounted under the hull. As the craft increases its speed the hydrofoils lift the hull up and out of the water, greatly reducing wetted area, resulting in decreased drag and… …   Wikipedia

• sailing — UK [ˈseɪlɪŋ] / US noun Word forms sailing : singular sailing plural sailings 1) [uncountable] the sport or activity of travelling across water in a sailing boat She s really keen on sailing. 2) [countable] the time at which a boat or ship leaves… …   English dictionary

• Sailing (Yachting) — ▪ 2009       The Olympic Regatta was held in the Chinese port city of Qingdao during the 2008 Olympic Games. The sailing venue, with its strong currents and light air, was a challenging one for competitors. The water itself had seemed polluted to …   Universalium

• sailing ship — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms sailing ship : singular sailing ship plural sailing ships a large ship that uses sails to move across water …   English dictionary

• sailing — sail|ing [ seılıŋ ] noun 1. ) uncount the sport or activity of traveling across water in a SAILBOAT: She s really excited about sailing. 2. ) count the time at which a boat or ship leaves for somewhere carrying passengers: There are five sailings …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Across the narrow sea — A large part of the narrative in George R. R. Martin s epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire lies across the narrow sea from Westeros, an area comprised of a large, unnamed eastern continent and a number of islands.GeographyThe Narrow Sea… …   Wikipedia

• sailing — [ˈseɪlɪŋ] noun [U] the sport or activity of travelling across water in a sailing boat …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English