Definition of Sailroom

1. a room for storing sails [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sailroom

sailorman
sailormen
sailors
sailors choice
sailorwoman
sailorwomen
sailour
sailours
sailplane
sailplaned
sailplaner
sailplaners
sailplanes
sailplaning
sailpunk
sailroom (current term)
sailrooms
sails
sailworthiness
sailworthy
saily
sailyard
saim
saimin
saimins
saimir
saimiri
saimirinae
saimiris
saims

Literary usage of Sailroom

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

1. A Tarpaulin Muster by John Masefield (1907)
"And the sailors' quiet talk, and the smell of tar from the sailroom, and the man at the wheel abaft all, and the lame mate limping to the binnacle—it was ..."

2. Historical Records of New South Wales by Frank Murcott Bladen (1893)
"... the carpenter, one midshipman, and myself. After the boats left us we had two chances—either to pump or sink. We cold just get into the sailroom. ..."

3. From Edinburgh to the Antarctic: An Artist's Notes and Sketches During the by William Gordon Burn-Murdoch (1894)
"... which we were doing our best to balance on the table; thence it got down into the sailroom, and in the dark, amongst the wet sails, sorrowed for itself. ..."

4. Nelson and His Captains: Sketches of Famous Seamen by William Henry Fitchett (1902)
"... the carpenter, one midshipman, and myself. After the boats left us we had two chances—either to pump or sink. We cold just get into the sailroom. ..."

5. The Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1873)
"On tracing the source of the smoke, it was found to issue from the sailroom, and some of the sailcloth was in a state of combustion. ..."

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