Meanings
- uncountableA sport in which one drives a lightweight vehicle powered by a large sail.
Bryan is a water sailor from Miami so he took easily to land sailing.
1974 November, Paul S. Cleland, “Land Sailing”, in Driver, volume 8, number 6, page 32 more examples
If you think sailing is strictly a water sport, then you have never heard of land sailing. Land yachts are land sailing vehicles. They are like boats with wheels. Land sailing is primarily a racing sport.
2008, David Armentrout, Patricia Armentrout, Wind Energy, page 17“Land sailing?” This guy was more besotted with sailing than I had imagined. “Think of it as bicycling on three or four wheels with a sail and speeding through the desert, often in salt flats,” he responded enthusiastically.
2021, Sallie H. Weissinger, Yes, Again: (Mis)adventures of a Wishful Thinker
Translations
Spanish carrovelismo
- carrovelismoTranslations
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