yachting, vbl. n.
(ˈjɒtɪŋ)
[f. yacht n. or v. + -ing1.]
The action, practice, or amusement of cruising in a yacht; the art of navigating a yacht. Freq. attrib., esp. applied to garments designed for use on yachts.
| 1836 Marryat Three Cutters i, Of all amusements, give me yachting. 1874 Burnand My Time xxix. 279 He..never missed a season's yachting with them. |
| attrib. 1850 Ogilvie s.v., A yachting voyage. 1868 A. K. H. Boyd Less. Mid. Age 327 We had a pleasant yachting excursion. 1873 Young Englishwoman June 280/2, I always wear yachting shoes without heels, made of the white canvas, and with leather toes and straps, as now worn by boating and yachting gentlemen. 1884 Harper's Mag. Aug. 465/2 Invited to a yachting party. 1887 Times 27 Aug. 9 A sad yachting disaster occurred at Ilfracombe. 1894 Country Gentlemen's Catal. 155/1 Blue cloth yachting caps, from 8/6. 1931 E. F. Benson Mapp & Lucia vii. 200 Contempt for Georgie..had been intensified by the sight of his yachting cap. 1976 ‘A. Garve’ Home to Roost iii. 37 He was wearing..a battered old yachting cap. 1983 G. Thompson Nobody cared for Kate iv. 26 Maggie..had dressed for the barge trip... She wore a yachting suit. |
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ˈyachting ppl. a., that sails in a yacht; addicted to yachting.
| 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair xxxix, Yachting men from Southampton. 1862 Lond. Rev. 16 Aug. 138 The yachting world is very variously composed. |