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sailoring

sailoring noun: the trade or business of a sailor.

Noun

sailoring (countable and uncountable, plural sailorings)

  1. The trade or business of a sailor.
    • Stevenson tells us of the ways and works of simple men, their sailorings, their fightings, their treasure-seeking, their love and hatred.1902, John Henry Muirhead, Philosophy and Life: And Other Essays, page 56

Forms of sailoring

pluralsailorings

Origin of sailoring

From sailor + -ing.

Questions about sailoring

What does sailoring mean?
Sailoring means the trade or business of a sailor.
What part of speech is sailoring?
Sailoring is a noun.
What is the plural of sailoring?
The plural of sailoring is sailorings.

Words near sailoring in the dictionary

  1. sailor's tobacco
  2. sailor's-choice
  3. sailor-proof
  4. sailoress
  5. sailoresses
  6. sailoring
  7. sailorings
  8. sailorize
  9. sailorized
  10. sailorizes
  11. sailorizing

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