sailoring

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noun

The trade or business of a sailor.

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Meanings

nounsailoring (countable and uncountable, plural sailorings)

plural sailorings

  1. countableuncountableThe 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

Origin

From sailor + -ing.

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APA

sailoring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailoring

MLA

“sailoring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailoring. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sailoring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sailoring.

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