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sailing ship

noun

  1. a large ship equipped with sails.


sailing ship

noun

  1. a large sailing vessel


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sailing ship1

First recorded in 1880–85

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Example Sentences

Again, Macaulay returning from India in 1837 compares his comfortable sailing-ship to a huge floating hotel.

Her record has not been beaten by any sailing ship in the fifty-three years that have since elapsed.

He had been a sailor in his time, and had made two voyages to Melbourne as apprentice in a large sailing-ship.

She had heard her husband talk of his sailing-ship days and she remembered his worst experiences.

The funnels, too, being made to shut up like a telescope, a steamer could thus be easily turned into a sailing ship.

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