sail

noun (TRAVEL)

/seɪl/

Definition

› [S] a journey in a boat or ship: It's two days' sail/It's a two-day sail (= a journey of two days by sea) from here to the nearest island.Journeys set sail C2 to begin a boat journey: We set sail from Kuwait. They set sail for France.Arriving and departing by boat or ship

(Definition of sail noun (TRAVEL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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