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crowding sail

crowding sail is the present participle and gerund of crowd sail.

Meaning of crowd sail

Verb

crowd sail (third-person singular simple present crowds sail, present participle crowding sail, simple past and past participle crowded sail)

  1. (dated, idiomatic) To carry an unusual amount of sail in an attempt to accelerate the speed of a vessel.
    • the Spaniards busied themselves in making the most of a sudden favourable change of wind, and, without much regard to order, were crowding sail to get near the land.1827, William James, The Naval History of Great Britain […]

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What is crowding sail the present participle and gerund of?
Crowding sail is the present participle and gerund of crowd sail.

Words near crowding sail in the dictionary

  1. crowdin'
  2. crowding
  3. crowding in
  4. crowding in on
  5. crowding out
  6. crowding sail
  7. crowding together
  8. crowding up
  9. crowdingly
  10. crowdings
  11. crowdion

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