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Definition of Sailing-race
1. Noun. A race between crews of people in yachts.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sailing-race
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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