land sailing

English

Noun

land sailing (uncountable)

1. A sport in which one drives a lightweight vehicle powered by a large sail.
   • 1974 November, Paul S. Cleland, “Land Sailing”, in Driver, volume 8, number 6, page 3:

     Bryan is a water sailor from Miami so he took easily to land sailing.

   • 2008, David Armentrout, Patricia Armentrout, Wind Energy, page 17:

     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.

   • 2021, Sallie H. Weissinger, Yes, Again: (Mis)adventures of a Wishful Thinker:

     “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.

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: carrovelismo m

See also

• land yacht