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Definition of Outpoint
1. Verb. Sail closer to the wind than.
2. Verb. Score more points than one's opponents. "The fighter managed to outpoint his opponent"
Definition of Outpoint
1. Verb. (sports) To score more points than (especially, in boxing, to achieve victory by scoring more points that one's opponent). ¹
2. Verb. (nautical) To sail closer to the wind than (another ship). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outpoint
1. to score more points than [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outpoint
Literary usage of Outpoint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tribune Book of Open-air Sports by Ottmar Mergenthaler, Henry Hall (1887)
"An ice yacht fitted with a lateen sail can outpoint anything else upon the ice.
... This style of yacht has practically no leeway, and would outpoint any ..."
2. The Lancet (1898)
"I shall allude perhaps more fittingly to outpoint later and will content myself
now with the remark that the general condition of the patient, ..."
3. Journal by New York Microscopical Society, Chartered Insurance Institute, World Resources Institute, Institute of Transport (London, England) (1902)
"The manufacturer would probably remove the packing to an outside building (which
would greatly improve the risk, from outpoint of view) and possibly ..."
4. Annual Report by Geological Survey of Canada (1906)
"... at no other localities are dikes found within the sedimentary collar. At but
outpoint were they found cutting the ..."
5. The Table Talk of John Selden by John Selden, Richard Milward (1892)
"... Disciple are a quartet difficult to outpoint for prodigal humour and ingenious
fantasy. In London the first named was voted irresistibly funny. ..."
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