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sailing ship
noun
- a large ship equipped with sails.
sailing ship
noun
- 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.
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Her record has not been beaten by any sailing ship in the fifty-three years that have since elapsed.
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He had been a sailor in his time, and had made two voyages to Melbourne as apprentice in a large sailing-ship.
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She had heard her husband talk of his sailing-ship days and she remembered his worst experiences.
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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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