land yacht

plural land yachts · alternative landyacht · alternative land-yacht

1. A vehicle used in land sailing, consisting of little more than a carriage and a sail.

   Synonyms: sail wagon, sand yacht

2. colloquialA long, heavy, luxurious automobile, providing a comfortable ride but poor handling characteristics.

   Near-synonyms: boat, sled

   3 more examples

   For example, will the traditional Eldorado buyer willingly step from his 5052-pound, 19-foot-long 1978 land yacht into a 1979 version weighing 1155 pounds less and measuring nearly two feet shorter? Is he willing to pay the same or more cash for this smaller, lighter car?

   1978 October, Michael Lamm, “Driving the '79 General Motors Cars”, in Popular Mechanics

   A frequently cited example is a “land yacht” to describe an SUV: this blend creates a structure out of the ideas behind it, suggesting that the large car moves on the road like a yacht over water

   2013, Greta Olson, Criminals as Animals from Shakespeare to Lombroso

   She owned a land yacht of a car called a Chevrolet Monte Carlo. It had the softest suspension of any car he had ridden in.

   2017, Robert Lashley, The Mind Full

   Synonyms: boat, sled