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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.

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. saikosaponin
  2. saikosaponins
  3. saikyr
  4. saikyrs
  5. sail
  6. sail by
  7. sail bys
  8. sail close to the wind
  9. sail coat
  10. sail coats
  11. sail curve

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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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