sailing

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪlɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪlɪŋ

From Middle English sailyng, seyling, equivalent to sail +‎ -ing.

sailing (countable and uncountable, plural sailings)

1. Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
2. Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
3. the time of departure from a port
4. (countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.

From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende, equivalent to sail +‎ -ing.

sailing (not comparable)

1. Travelling by ship

sailing

1. present participle of sail

• “sailing” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.

• Gilanis, ailings, aisling, nilgais