sailing
noun
- propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large (usually fabric) foils called sails
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈseɪ.lɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zeilend (“sailing”).
- Travelling by ship.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English seyling, sayling, from Old English seġling, seġlung (“sailing”), from Proto-West Germanic *siglingu, *seglungu, from Proto-Germanic *siglingō (“sailing”); equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Middle Low German sēgelinge (“sailing”), Swedish segling (“sailing”), Icelandic sigling (“sailing”).
- 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.
“'Then I should like a full list of the warships in Pentland Harbour, recent sailings, and those expected, please. The "Navy List" I suppose you have here?'”
“New ships were built to the order of the Great Eastern Railway, and the service frequency increased, until March 1879, saw a sailing every weekday to Rotterdam, and a thrice-weekly service to Antwerp.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zeilend (“sailing”).
- present participle and gerund of sail