Definition of Sailing-race

1. Noun. A race between crews of people in yachts.

Exact synonyms: Yacht Race
Generic synonyms: Boat Race

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sailing-race

sailboating
sailboatings
sailboats
sailcloth
sailcloths
sailcraft
sailcrafts
saile
sailed
sailer
sailers
sailes
sailfish
sailfishes
sailing
sailing-race (current term)
sailing boat
sailing dinghy
sailing master
sailing on another board
sailing ship
sailing ships
sailing under false colors
sailing vessel
sailing vessels
sailings
sailless
sailmaker
sailmakers
sailmaking

Literary usage of Sailing-race

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register by Horace Greeley (1901)
"Atlantic Division cup sailing race—PC Moore, New-York, in canoe Dolphin. Time, four and one-half miles—1:00:00. Atlantic Division, paddling—GW McTaggart, ..."

2. Outing (1893)
"Fourteen started in the Unlimited sailing race and seven completed the course — the smallest number since 1883. Oxholm sailed the six-mile course in the ..."

3. The Selangor Journal: Jottings Past and Present (1807)
"... sailing race for sampans Jeram ; and sailing race for Government station boats. Six boats competed in this last race, and as Mr. Scott iu the Enid got ..."

4. Hunt's Yachting Magazine (1871)
"A sailing race for fishing boats, prizes amounting to £12, first boat £6, second £4, third £2. Time allowance half-minute per ton. ..."

5. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"In the sailing race for open canoes, event No. 14, it is proposed to permit the compromise type of canoe, the one with the addition of partial decks and ..."

6. A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, Brooke Heckstall-Smith (1900)
"The following interesting case was submitted to the Council by the Bembridge Sailing Club in 1899 : A and В are two boats in a sailing race ; after a ..."

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