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sailby

sailby 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 sailby

pluralsailbys
alternative formsail-by
alternative formsail by

Origin of sailby

From sail + by.

Questions about sailby

What is sailby the ellipsis of?
Sailby is the ellipsis of sail-by salute.

Words near sailby in the dictionary

  1. sailboated
  2. sailboater
  3. sailboaters
  4. sailboating
  5. sailboats
  6. sailby
  7. sailbys
  8. sailcloth
  9. sailcloths
  10. sailcraft
  11. sailcrafts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sailby (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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