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Word entry · 4 letters

sail

Best crossword clue

"Boat cloth"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /seɪl/Part of speech noun, verbSorted ailsStarts with SEnds with L6 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an ocean trip taken for pleasure

Word origin

From Middle English saile, sayle, seil, seyl, from Old English seġl, from Proto-West Germanic *segl, from Proto-Germanic *seglą. Cognate with West Frisian seil, Low German Segel, Dutch zeil, German Segel, Danish sejl, Swedish segel.

Used in a sentence

  • When we haue laught to ſee the ſailes conceiue / And grow big bellied with the wanton winde; […]
  • Take in sail: a storm is coming.
  • Let's go for a sail.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01Boat cloth4 letters
02Canvas on a mast4 letters
03Triangular boat cloth4 letters
04Use wind on water4 letters
05Wind-catching boat cloth4 letters
06Travel by boat4 letters

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