sailing

What it means

1. not comparableTravelling by ship.

In a sentence

'Then I should like a full list of the warships in Pentland Harbour, recent sailings, and those expected, please. The "Navy List" I suppose you have here?'

1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Where it comes from

1. Middle Englishsaylinge
2. Englishsailing

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