Large wind-powered water vessel.
1 The ocean was traversed by sailing ships - they brought our merchandise and mails.
2 Not nowadays, but in the old days when they had sailing ships .
3 We excel in the dance and are unsurpassed in sailing ships .
4 Some of the things he built included steam locomotives, aeroplanes and sailing ships .
5 Eventually he made captain after years of rough and tumble on sailing ships .
6 Collect pictures of sailing ships , ships used now and those used long ago.
7 Orders were obtained for several large sailing ships as well as screw vessels.
8 They were of all sizes-fromgreat sailing ships to rowing galleys.
9 The seventeenth century saw the gradual displacement of galleys in favour of sailing ships .
10 He had the feeling that sailing ships , engaged in coastwise trade, might be bigger.
11 One was a desk calendar with photographs of sailing ships .
12 It's a test that beats sailing ships on a puddle.
13 Lots of ocean scenes, sandy beaches, pelicans, old sailing ships , tug-boats, piers, and seagulls.
14 Bunks are "racks" because of the racks that held hammocks on sailing ships .
15 Indeed, there is a future for sailing ships , notwithstanding the recent development of steam power.
16 He sprang from an old Liverpool family whose prosperity diminished when steamers replaced sailing ships .
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