Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index S sailing: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: sail•ing Pronunciation: (sā'ling), [key] — n. the activity of a person or thing that sails. the departure of a ship from port: The cruise line offers sailings every other day. any of various methods for determining courses and distances by means of charts or with reference to longitudes and latitudes, rhumb lines, great circles, etc. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: sailing (Thesaurus) sailfish sailing boat TrendingHere are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. Did Birds Evolve from Dinosaurs? The Twelve Dancing Princesses Current Events This Week: January 2023 African Americans by the Numbers Andersen's Fairy Tales: Contents The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: saturnine Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language