Starsailing
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Travel through space on a spaceship or spacecraft. uncountable
"While the maindeck lay completely open to the Deep, protected only by the §-field which, in addition to making the act of starsailing possible, allowed mast, spars, and sails to be worked by crewbeings attired for a "shirtsleeve” environment, there were lower decks meant for cargo, passengers, and a formidable array of projectibles bearing much the same relationship to thrustibles that cannon did to pistols."
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More examples"While the maindeck lay completely open to the Deep, protected only by the §-field which, in addition to making the act of starsailing possible, allowed mast, spars, and sails to be worked by crewbeings attired for a "shirtsleeve” environment, there were lower decks meant for cargo, passengers, and a formidable array of projectibles bearing much the same relationship to thrustibles that cannon did to pistols."
Etymology
From star + sailing.
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