yachting


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
yacht /jɒt/
noun a medium-sized sailing boat equipped for cruising or racing.

■ a powered boat equipped for cruising.

verb race or cruise in a yacht.
– derivatives
yachting noun.
– origin C16: from early mod. Du. jaghte, from jaghtschip ‘fast pirate ship’, from jag(h)t ‘hunting’ + schip ‘ship’.
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