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Definition of Sailing ship

1. Noun. A vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts.

Definition of Sailing ship

1. Noun. A ship with masts and sails, powered by the wind. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sailing Ship

Literary usage of Sailing ship

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

1. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"She hauled her colours down after returning a few shot, and proved to be La Mignonne, a remarkably fast sailing ship corvette of sixteen long eighteen ..."

2. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1864)
"If two ships, one of which is a sailing-ship and the other a steamship, are proceeding in such directions as to involve risk of collision, the steamship ..."

3. International Law Applied to the Russo-Japanese War: With the Decisions of by Sakuyé Takahashi (1908)
"MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS: 4 Russian men-of-war surrounded and sot fire to a Japanese sailing ship, 3 nautical miles off the coast. They steamed north. ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Collisions at Sea: With an Appendix, Containing by Reginald Godfrey Marsden (1880)
"A sailing-ship under way shall make with her fog-hom, at intervals of not more ... A steam-ship and a sailing-ship when not under way shall, at intervals of ..."

5. Draft Outlines of an International Code by David Dudley Field (1876)
"sailing ship and ship under steam. Rule 15. If two ships, one of which is a sailing ship, and the other a steamer, are proceeding in such directions as to ..."

6. Draft Outlines of an International Code by David Dudley Field (1872)
"sailing ship and ship under steam. Rule In. If two ships, one of which is a sailing ship, and the other a steamship, are proceeding in such directions as to ..."

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