Synonyms for yachting


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : yot-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈyɒt ɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for yachting Other synonyms for the word yachting

Définition of yachting

Origin :
  • 1550s, yeaghe "a light, fast-sailing ship," probably from Norwegian jaght, from Middle Low German jacht, shortened form of jachtschip "fast pirate ship," literally "ship for chasing," from jacht "chase," from jagen "to chase, hunt," from Old High German jagon, from Proto-Germanic *jagojanan.
  • As in nautical/naval : adj concerning ships, sea
  • As in nautical : adj sea
  • As in navigation : noun traveling, guiding along route, often over water
  • As in boating : noun travel, recreation in water
Example sentences :
  • The author and compiler of this work is the editor of "Yachting."
  • Extract from : « Taxidermy » by Leon Luther Pray
  • You say you are going to take her yachting, and that's she's a proud sort.
  • Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
  • Surely he was a handsome-looking fellow in his yachting suit.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
  • "Why, I never knew that yachting could be300 so exciting," says Miss Hampton.
  • Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford
  • Why, no man may know what may go forward in a yachting party.
  • Extract from : « The Lady and the Pirate » by Emerson Hough
  • We were yachting on the Mississippi, and we could not bother with arresting and holding prisoners.
  • Extract from : « Up the River » by Oliver Optic
  • You ain't one of these yachting dudes—you're a skipper, ain't you?
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • Yachting etiquette doesn't allow a steam-whistle to be sounded in salute.
  • Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
  • Tournaments were held for ski, rifle-shooting, yachting, and other sports.
  • Extract from : « Through Finland in Carts » by Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
  • Yachting and canoeing are fine pastimes in this land of waterways.
  • Extract from : « Through Finland in Carts » by Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
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