Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Preferred term

sailing  

Definition

  • The sport and art of sailing has a long history around the world, both as a form of transport and as a recreational activity. The fundamentals of sailing were discovered independently by various cultures, though the specific designs of sailing ships varied from place to place, sometimes in response to the availability of local resources. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Sailing]

Belongs to group

URI

https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/sailing

Download this concept: