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Synonyms for sailboat


Grammar : Noun
Spell : seyl-boht
Phonetic Transcription : ˈseɪlˌboʊt

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Définition of sailboat

Origin :
  • also sail-boat, 1769, from sail (n.) + boat (n.).
  • noun a boat propelled with wind by sailcloth
Example sentences :
  • There were two or three schooners far out, and nearer shore, a sailboat.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Then the whole party was to go down to the wharf and the sailboat.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • One fork turned to the right, which led to where the sailboat had been secured.
  • Extract from : « Up the Forked River » by Edward Sylvester Ellis
  • They just went past in a sailboat and they are bound across the lake.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on the Farm » by Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
  • The Zephyr was rapidly approaching the Sylph, as the sailboat was called.
  • Extract from : « The Boat Club » by Oliver Optic
  • This is Beach Cliff, where we have to take a sailboat to Killykinick.
  • Extract from : « Killykinick » by Mary T. Waggaman
  • Fruit of basswood as a sailboat, and a few others as adapted to the water.
  • Extract from : « Seed Dispersal » by William J. Beal
  • To borrow a boat from John Massey—can you manage a sailboat?
  • Extract from : « The Windy Hill » by Cornelia Meigs
  • In later years a sailboat was substituted over this same route.
  • Extract from : « As I Remember » by Marian Gouverneur
  • Reaching the sailboat, never was found a happier face than Mae's.
  • Extract from : « The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest » by Lillian Garis
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