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sail·boat

(sāl′bōt′)

A small boat propelled partially or wholly by sail.

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sail•boat

(ˈseɪlˌboʊt)

n.

a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.

[1790–1800]

sail′boat`er, n.

sail′boat`ing, n.

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Noun

sailboat - a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast

sailing boat

catamaran - a sailboat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck

catboat - a sailboat with a single mast set far forward

centerboard, centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel - a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward

sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts

sharpie - a shallow-draft sailboat with a sharp prow, flat bottom, and triangular sail; formerly used along the northern Atlantic coast of the United States

trimaran - a fast sailboat with 3 parallel hulls

Translations

مَرْكَبٌ شِرَاعِيّ

plachetnice

sejlbåd

Segelboot

ιστιοπλοϊκό ιστιοφόρο

velero

purjevene

bateau à voiles canot voilier

jedrilica

vitorlás

barca a vela

ヨット

범선

zeilboot

seilbåt

żaglówka

barco a vela barco à vela

парусное судно

jadrnica

segelbåt

เรือใบ

yelkenli

thuyền buồm

帆船

sailboat

[ˈseɪlbəʊt] n (US) → bateau m à voiles, voilier m

sailboat

→ مَرْكَبٌ شِرَاعِيّ plachetnice sejlbåd Segelboot ιστιοπλοϊκό velero purjevene bateau à voiles jedrilica barca a vela ヨット 범선 zeilboot seilbåt żaglówka barco a vela, barco à vela парусное судно segelbåt เรือใบ yelkenli thuyền buồm 帆船

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There are men who sail boats on the Round Pond, such big boats that they bring them in barrows and sometimes in perambulators, and then the baby has to walk.

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Win Colin Smyth MSP, left, presents Mark Zygadlo with trophy for first sail boat home

Celebrating the Nith; Crowds turn out to mark river's link to the town

2015 Show Visitor research shows that 24.1 percent of the audience don't own a boat, 56.2 percent own a power boat and 23.5 percent own a sail boat. Breaking that sail statistic down further, of those sail boat owners, 33.3 percent owned a sail boat greater than 12 metres long, 47.1 percent owned one eight to 12 metres long, 15.2 percent were four to eight metres long and 4.4 percent owned one less than four metres long.

Show stopper

Two of the many favourable comments were: "Me and my two boys went out on the sail boat and learned how to sail it.

Chance to push the boat out on Draycote Water

Some 136,000 people in Yorkshire took to the water in a canoe in 2014 with power boating and small sail boat racing also popular.

Watersports popular in the county [...]

NAVY'S first ever team of women sailors is beginning to get shape as lieutenant commander Shweta Kapur has started the race from Cape Town to Rio de Janeiro on board sail boat Mhadei.

Navy to get its first all- woman sailor team

By Chris Johns EDITOR'S PA and SUN-LOVER MORNING I'd wake in time to see the sun rise on the temple of Abu Simbel in Egypt and have breakfast in a felucca - a traditional sail boat - on the banks of the River Nile.

My PERFECT day

SAN FRANCISCO, Jumada I 23, 1433, Apr 15, 2012, SPA - A sail boat carrying eight crew members ran aground during a race off San Francisco Saturday, killing one person and leaving four others missing, the U.S.