yachting

[ yot-ing ]
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noun
  1. the practice or sport of sailing or voyaging in a yacht.

Origin of yachting

1
First recorded in 1830–40; yacht + -ing1

Words Nearby yachting

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How to use yachting in a sentence

  • The Little Barrier Island, though possessing no harbour, has several yachting anchorages.

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  • Steam yachts having abnormally high speed are occasionally seen in a large yachting fleet.

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  • A yachting tribunal was instituted in Paris to make rules and arrange the details of racing.

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  • yachting in Canada dates back as a pastime almost to the first days of its colonisation.

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  • Fashion always runs to extremes; now that fashion has attacked yachting, the belle of one season is extinguished in the next.

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British Dictionary definitions for yachting

yachting

/ (ˈjɒtɪŋ) /


noun
    • the sport or practice of navigating a yacht

    • (as modifier): yachting clothes

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