sailing

Etymology 1

From Middle English saylinge, seilinge, variants of sailende, seilende; equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zeilend (“sailing”).

verb

1. present participle and gerund of sail

adj

1. Travelling by ship.

Etymology 2

From Middle English sailyng, seyling, from Old English seġling, seġlung (“sailing”), from Proto-West Germanic *siglingu, *seglungu, from Proto-Germanic *siglingō (“sailing”); equivalent to sail + -ing. Cognate with Middle Low German sēgelinge (“sailing”), Swedish segling (“sailing”), Icelandic sigling (“sailing”).

noun

1. Motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a sport or otherwise
2. Navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
3. the time of departure from a port
4. (countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.