plane sailing

noun

, Navigation.

plane sailing

See plain sailing
nautical navigation without reference to the earth's curvature Compare plain sailing

First recorded in 1690–1700

Plane-sailing is so simple that it is colloquially used to express anything so easy that it is impossible to make a mistake.

It was in great use among the French navigators, from its solving the problems of plane sailing.

All is not plane sailing yet for the German in search of foreign markets.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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