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Age of Sail

Age of Sail proper noun: a period that lasted from the mid-16th (or mid-15th) to the mid-19th centuries, in which the dominance of sailing ships in global trade and warfare culminated.

Proper noun

the Age of Sail

  1. (historical) A period that lasted from the mid-16th (or mid-15th) to the mid-19th centuries, in which the dominance of sailing ships in global trade and warfare culminated.

Questions about Age of Sail

What does Age of Sail mean?
Age of Sail means a period that lasted from the mid-16th (or mid-15th) to the mid-19th centuries, in which the dominance of sailing ships in global trade and warfare culminated.
What part of speech is Age of Sail?
Age of Sail is a proper noun.

Words near Age of Sail in the dictionary

  1. age of majority
  2. Age of Mammals
  3. Age of Man
  4. age of reason
  5. Age of Reptiles
  6. Age of Sail
  7. age out
  8. age play
  9. age played
  10. age playing
  11. age plays

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