yachting
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English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒtɪŋ
Verb
yachting
- present participle and gerund of yacht
Noun
yachting (countable and uncountable, plural yachtings)
- (often attributive) A physical activity involving yachts, such as racing sailing boats, cruising to distant shores, or day-sailing along a coast.
- 1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 839:
- In those days, yachting on the east coast was a favourite relaxation, and it was proposed to extend the line for 1¾ miles to a pier on the River Blackwater, where yachts could be moored.
Derived terms
Translations
physical activity involving boats
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
yachting m (plural yachtings)
Further reading
- “yachting”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.