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sail-by

sail-by is the ellipsis of sail-by salute.

Meaning of sail-by salute

Noun

sail-by salute (plural sail-by salutes)

  1. A close passage by a nautical vessel to a fixed point (on shore), to "salute" the location or persons assembled at the location.

Forms of sail-by

pluralsail-bys
alternative formsail by
alternative formsailby

Origin of sail-by

From sail + by.

Phrases with sail-by

Questions about sail-by

What is sail-by the ellipsis of?
Sail-by is the ellipsis of sail-by salute.

Words near sail-by in the dictionary

  1. sail wagon
  2. sail wagons
  3. sail'd
  4. sail-boat
  5. sail-boats
  6. sail-by
  7. sail-by salute
  8. sail-by salutes
  9. sail-bys
  10. sail-fluke
  11. sail-flukes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sail-by (page history and authors); sail-by salute (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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