Definition of Sailing boat

1. Noun. A small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast.

Exact synonyms: Sailboat
Specialized synonyms: Catamaran, Catboat, Sharpie, Trimaran
Terms within: Centerboard, Centreboard, Drop Keel, Sliding Keel
Generic synonyms: Sailing Ship, Sailing Vessel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sailing Boat

sailboatings
sailboats
sailcloth
sailcloths
sailcraft
sailcrafts
saile
sailed
sailer
sailers
sailes
sailfish
sailfishes
sailing
sailing-race
sailing boat (current term)
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
sailor

Literary usage of Sailing boat

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

1. A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp, Brooke Heckstall-Smith (1900)
"sailing boat, by GL Watson 375 1 L. Clyde 23ft. sailing boat, by GL Watson 376 1 LI. ... Drawing of Clyde sailing boat, by Linton Hope 379 ' LIII. ..."

2. Boating by Walter Bradford Woodgate (1891)
"(I) The name and description of every sailing boat used upon the Thames ... (7) The owner of every such sailing boat shall also cause such sailing boat to ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... 6* 19' to 20' 30' to 34' 28' to 30' 26' to 28' »' 8' to 2' 10' i' i'3'to I'6' t' 9' to 3' Dixon Kempe, Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailin The sailing boat; ..."

4. The Law Relating to Waters, Sea, Tidal, and Inland: Including Rights and by Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes (1902)
"(h) The name and description of every sailing boat used upon the Thames ... (6) The owner of every such sailing boat shall also cause such sailing boat to ..."

5. The Law Relating to Waters, Sea, Tidal, and Inland: Including Rights and by Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes (1902)
"(b) The name and description of every sailing boat used upon the Thames (2) ... (6) The owner of every such sailing boat shall also cause such sailing boat ..."

6. Boating by Walter Bradford Woodgate, Edmond Warre, Robert Harvey Humfrey Mason (1889)
"(d) The name and description of every sailing boat used upon the Thames ... (7) The owner of every such sailing boat shall also cause such sailing boat to ..."

7. Historical and Biographical Essays by John Forster (1858)
"He took a house, too, by the side of the river, and amused himself with a sailing boat he kept there.2 We fancy him now, not seldom, among the rude, ..."

8. Historical and Biographical Essays by John Forster (1858)
"He took a house, too, by the side of the river, and amused himself with a sailing boat he kept there.2 We fancy him now, not seldom, among the rude, ..."

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